The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may envision that there would be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be operating the other way around, with the critical economic circumstances leading to a greater desire to play, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the situation.
For the majority of the people living on the tiny local money, there are 2 dominant types of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the chances of succeeding are unbelievably tiny, but then the winnings are also remarkably high. It’s been said by economists who study the subject that the lion’s share don’t buy a card with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the UK soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, mollycoddle the extremely rich of the state and sightseers. Up till a short time ago, there was a incredibly big vacationing business, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated violence have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have table games, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has shrunk by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has come about, it isn’t understood how healthy the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive till conditions improve is merely not known.