The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you might imagine that there might be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a bigger eagerness to play, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the difficulty.
For many of the locals living on the meager local money, there are 2 dominant styles of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the chances of winning are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also remarkably big. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the concept that many do not purchase a card with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the English soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pander to the exceedingly rich of the society and vacationers. Up till not long ago, there was a very big sightseeing industry, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated bloodshed have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits 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 has gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and violence that has resulted, it isn’t known how healthy the vacationing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around till things get better is basically unknown.
