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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you may think that there might be little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the critical economic circumstances creating a higher desire to play, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For many of the people surviving on the tiny local wages, there are 2 dominant styles of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of hitting are unbelievably low, but then the prizes are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by economists who understand the idea that many do not buy a card with an actual assumption of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the UK soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, cater to the incredibly rich of the country and vacationers. Until a short time ago, there was a very big vacationing business, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected conflict have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain 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, each of which have slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has contracted by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and violence that has come to pass, it is not understood how well the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around till conditions improve is basically not known.