The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could imagine that there would be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be operating the other way around, with the critical market circumstances creating a greater ambition to bet, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For many of the citizens living on the meager nearby money, there are two popular forms of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of profiting are extremely small, but then the jackpots are also very big. It’s been said by financial experts who study the idea that most don’t buy a ticket with the rational assumption of hitting. Zimbet is centered on one of the local or the British soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pander to the very rich of the state and travelers. Up till a short time ago, there was a extremely large vacationing industry, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated conflict have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 only slot machine games. 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, both of which have table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has diminished by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and crime that has arisen, it isn’t known how well the vacationing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around until conditions improve is simply unknown.