The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you may envision that there would be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the desperate economic circumstances leading to a higher ambition to wager, to try and find a quick win, a way from the difficulty.
For many of the locals subsisting on the tiny nearby money, there are two dominant forms of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the odds of succeeding are remarkably low, but then the winnings are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that most do not purchase a ticket with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the national or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, look after the incredibly rich of the nation and vacationers. Up till not long ago, there was a considerably large vacationing business, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected violence 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 five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. 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 two of which contain table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has resulted, it isn’t well-known how healthy the tourist industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will still be around till conditions improve is simply unknown.