The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may imagine that there would be very little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a greater eagerness to play, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way from the situation.
For many of the locals living on the abysmal nearby wages, there are 2 common styles of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the chances of winning are surprisingly low, but then the prizes are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the idea that the lion’s share don’t purchase a ticket with the rational expectation of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the English soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, pamper the extremely rich of the nation and vacationers. Until a short time ago, there was a very big tourist business, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected crime have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer table games, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has deflated by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has come about, it is not well-known how healthy the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry on until conditions improve is merely not known.