The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you may imagine that there would be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be working the other way, with the awful economic conditions leading to a bigger ambition to wager, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For almost all of the locals living on the meager local money, there are 2 dominant forms of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the odds of succeeding are remarkably low, but then the winnings are also very high. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the idea that many don’t buy a card with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, look after the incredibly rich of the state and travelers. Until not long ago, there was a exceptionally large sightseeing business, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected conflict have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming tables, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has shrunk by more than forty percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has resulted, it is not understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will be alive till conditions improve is merely unknown.
