The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could envision that there would be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be operating the other way, with the desperate market circumstances leading to a higher ambition to bet, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the problems.
For the majority of the citizens surviving on the abysmal local money, there are two popular styles of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the chances of succeeding are extremely low, but then the prizes are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by economists who look at the idea that the majority do not buy a ticket with the rational belief of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the local or the English football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pander to the extremely rich of the state and sightseers. Up till not long ago, there was a incredibly substantial vacationing business, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected violence have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and crime that has come about, it is not understood how well the vacationing business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will survive till things improve is merely unknown.