The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there might be very little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be functioning the other way around, with the critical market circumstances leading to a higher ambition to gamble, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For nearly all of the citizens living on the abysmal local money, there are 2 common forms of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the odds of profiting are remarkably tiny, but then the winnings are also extremely high. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the concept that the majority do not purchase a card with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the English football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, pamper the incredibly rich of the country and tourists. Until recently, there was a very big tourist industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected bloodshed have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has diminished by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and crime that has cropped up, it isn’t known how well the sightseeing business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry on until conditions get better is merely not known.
