The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you may envision that there might be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic circumstances creating a bigger ambition to play, to try and find a fast win, a way from the situation.
For the majority of the citizens living on the meager nearby earnings, there are two established styles of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of profiting are remarkably low, but then the winnings are also extremely large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the situation that the majority don’t purchase a card with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the British football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, cater to the extremely rich of the society and vacationers. Up till not long ago, there was a extremely big vacationing industry, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected violence have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have table games, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has deflated by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has cropped up, it isn’t known how well the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on until things get better is basically not known.