The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might imagine that there might be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be operating the other way, with the awful economic conditions leading to a higher ambition to play, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the difficulty.
For most of the people living on the tiny nearby wages, there are 2 common forms of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the chances of succeeding are surprisingly low, but then the jackpots are also very large. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the situation that most do not purchase a card with an actual assumption of profiting. Zimbet is centered on either the domestic or the British football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, cater to the extremely rich of the society and tourists. Until a short while ago, there was a incredibly big sightseeing business, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected conflict 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 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. 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 have table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 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 shrunk by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and crime that has arisen, it is not well-known how well the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will be alive till things get better is basically unknown.