The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you could think that there might be very little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be working the opposite way, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a larger eagerness to gamble, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the situation.
For nearly all of the citizens surviving on the abysmal local money, there are 2 established styles of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the odds of hitting are extremely low, but then the winnings are also very large. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the idea that many do not purchase a ticket with a real assumption of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the local or the English soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, look after the exceedingly rich of the state and travelers. Up till a short time ago, there was a incredibly big tourist industry, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated crime have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machines. 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 table games, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has cropped up, it is not known how well the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will survive till conditions improve is simply not known.