The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you may envision that there might be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the desperate market circumstances creating a bigger ambition to wager, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For nearly all of the locals subsisting on the tiny nearby money, there are 2 common styles of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the odds of hitting are surprisingly small, but then the jackpots are also remarkably large. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the idea that most don’t buy a ticket with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is based on either the national or the British football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, cater to the very rich of the nation and vacationers. Until recently, there was a very large vacationing industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected conflict have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the 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 two of which have gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has shrunk by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has resulted, it is not well-known how healthy the tourist industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry through until conditions get better is basically unknown.