The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you could think that there might be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be working the other way around, with the crucial economic conditions leading to a bigger desire to bet, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For nearly all of the citizens subsisting on the meager local money, there are two common forms of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of hitting are surprisingly low, but then the jackpots are also remarkably large. It’s been said by economists who understand the situation that most do not purchase a card with the rational belief of hitting. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the considerably rich of the society and travelers. Until recently, there was a incredibly large sightseeing industry, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated crime have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, 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 have gaming tables, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has diminished by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and crime that has come about, it isn’t understood 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 survive till things improve is simply unknown.