The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might envision that there might be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be functioning the opposite way around, with the awful economic circumstances creating a bigger eagerness to gamble, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For many of the people living on the meager local wages, there are two common forms of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are remarkably low, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by economists who look at the concept that many do not buy a card with an actual assumption of hitting. Zimbet is centered on one of the national or the British football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, look after the very rich of the society and tourists. Up until a short time ago, there was a extremely large tourist business, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated conflict have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machine games. 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, the two of which contain gaming tables, slot machines 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 have gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has come about, it is not understood how healthy the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on till things get better is merely unknown.