The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could think that there might be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be operating the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a larger eagerness to wager, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the situation.
For nearly all of the citizens living on the tiny local earnings, there are 2 established forms of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of hitting are remarkably small, but then the jackpots are also extremely large. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the concept that the lion’s share do not purchase a card with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the UK football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, mollycoddle the extremely rich of the country and travelers. Until not long ago, there was a exceptionally big sightseeing industry, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated bloodshed have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has contracted by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and crime that has resulted, it isn’t known how well the tourist industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry through until conditions get better is basically unknown.