The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you may think that there might be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be operating the other way, with the crucial economic circumstances leading to a bigger eagerness to play, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For many of the citizens subsisting on the tiny nearby money, there are 2 dominant types of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are surprisingly low, but then the winnings are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that many don’t buy a card with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the UK soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, look after the exceedingly rich of the country and tourists. Up until a short time ago, there was a very large vacationing business, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected violence have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by more than forty percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has arisen, it is not well-known how healthy the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on till conditions improve is basically unknown.