The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could imagine that there would be little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the atrocious market circumstances leading to a bigger desire to bet, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For nearly all of the citizens surviving on the tiny nearby wages, there are 2 established forms of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the chances of hitting are surprisingly tiny, but then the winnings are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that the majority don’t purchase a ticket with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is founded on one of the domestic or the United Kingston football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the astonishingly rich of the state and travelers. Up until a short while ago, there was a very substantial tourist business, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated bloodshed have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and violence that has arisen, it isn’t understood how healthy the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry through until things get better is merely unknown.