The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could envision that there would be little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it appears to be operating the other way, with the crucial economic circumstances leading to a greater desire to bet, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For most of the locals subsisting on the meager nearby money, there are 2 common types of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the chances of winning are surprisingly small, but then the prizes are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the concept that the lion’s share do not purchase a card with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the local or the British soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, pamper the considerably rich of the state and tourists. Up until recently, there was a very substantial tourist business, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated violence 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 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has come about, it isn’t 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 carry on till things improve is simply not known.