The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may envision that there would be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be functioning the opposite way around, with the atrocious market conditions creating a bigger eagerness to play, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way from the situation.
For almost all of the citizens subsisting on the abysmal local money, there are 2 dominant forms of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the chances of profiting are surprisingly low, but then the winnings are also very big. It’s been said by financial experts who study the subject that the majority do not buy a ticket with the rational expectation of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the extremely rich of the state and sightseers. Until recently, there was a extremely substantial sightseeing business, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected bloodshed have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machine games. 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, the two of which contain table games, slots and video 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 casinos and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has arisen, it isn’t well-known how healthy the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry through till conditions improve is basically not known.