The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may envision that there might be very little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the critical economic conditions creating a greater desire to wager, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For almost all of the people surviving on the meager local wages, there are 2 common styles of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the odds of succeeding are remarkably tiny, but then the jackpots are also extremely large. It’s been said by market analysts who study the subject that the lion’s share don’t purchase a card with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, cater to the considerably rich of the nation and sightseers. Up until not long ago, there was a very large tourist business, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected bloodshed have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, 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 Casino, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain table games, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is 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.
Since the economy has contracted by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has come to pass, it is not understood how healthy the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry through till things get better is merely not known.