The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could imagine that there would be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be functioning the opposite way, with the critical economic conditions creating a bigger desire to bet, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For the majority of the people living on the tiny local money, there are two common styles of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of hitting are remarkably low, but then the prizes are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by economists who study the situation that the lion’s share don’t purchase a ticket with a real assumption of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the UK soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, look after the astonishingly rich of the nation and vacationers. Up until a short while ago, there was a exceptionally large tourist business, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated bloodshed have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has shrunk by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has arisen, it isn’t understood how healthy the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry on till things get better is simply unknown.