The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may imagine that there might be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be working the other way around, with the atrocious economic circumstances leading to a larger eagerness to wager, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For almost all of the locals surviving on the abysmal nearby earnings, there are 2 dominant styles of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the chances of succeeding are extremely small, but then the jackpots are also extremely big. It’s been said by economists who understand the situation that the majority don’t buy a card with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the United Kingston football divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, look after the considerably rich of the state and vacationers. Until not long ago, there was a very big tourist industry, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected conflict have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, 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 pair of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has come about, it is not known how healthy the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around till conditions improve is basically not known.