The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you might think that there might be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the crucial economic circumstances creating a larger eagerness to wager, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For the majority of the locals surviving on the meager local wages, there are 2 common forms of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of winning are unbelievably tiny, but then the winnings are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the concept that the majority do not buy a ticket with the rational expectation of profiting. Zimbet is centered on one of the local or the UK soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pander to the considerably rich of the society and sightseers. Up until a short while ago, there was a exceptionally substantial vacationing industry, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated violence 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 one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the 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 offer gaming tables, slot machines and video 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 blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has deflated by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has come about, it isn’t understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will carry on until things get better is basically unknown.