The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might imagine that there would be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be functioning the other way around, with the desperate market conditions creating a higher eagerness to gamble, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For most of the people subsisting on the tiny nearby money, there are 2 established types of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the chances of profiting are surprisingly low, but then the winnings are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by economists who study the concept that many don’t buy a ticket with a real belief of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the local or the British football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, pamper the extremely rich of the country and tourists. Until a short while ago, there was a exceptionally big vacationing industry, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated conflict have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five 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 only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has come about, it is not well-known how healthy the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will still be around until conditions improve is basically unknown.
