The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you might envision that there might be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a larger desire to play, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For many of the people subsisting on the tiny local earnings, there are two popular types of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the odds of profiting are unbelievably small, but then the jackpots are also extremely large. It’s been said by economists who look at the concept that most do not buy a ticket with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the UK soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, mollycoddle the very rich of the state and tourists. Until a short while ago, there was a considerably large tourist business, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected crime have cut into this market.
Amongst 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 Casino, which has only slots. 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, the two of which have table games, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has shrunk by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and crime that has arisen, it isn’t understood how well the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around till things improve is basically not known.