The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could envision that there might be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it appears to be functioning the other way, with the awful economic conditions leading to a larger ambition to wager, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For most of the people surviving on the meager nearby earnings, there are 2 popular types of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by economists who understand the situation that most don’t buy a ticket with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the English football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, mollycoddle the considerably rich of the country and sightseers. Until a short while ago, there was a considerably large tourist industry, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated conflict have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two 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 machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain gaming tables, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has contracted by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has resulted, it isn’t known how healthy the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry on till things improve is merely not known.