The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might imagine that there would be little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the awful market conditions leading to a bigger ambition to wager, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For many of the citizens subsisting on the tiny local earnings, there are two dominant types of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the chances of hitting are remarkably low, but then the jackpots are also remarkably big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the idea that the majority don’t buy a card with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the British soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, cater to the considerably rich of the state and sightseers. Up until a short while ago, there was a exceptionally large sightseeing industry, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated conflict have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the 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 pair of which have gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has shrunk by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and crime that has arisen, it is not well-known how healthy the vacationing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around till things get better is simply not known.