The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you may envision that there would be very little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a higher eagerness to gamble, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For nearly all of the citizens living on the meager nearby wages, there are two common types of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the odds of winning are unbelievably small, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by economists who study the subject that the lion’s share do not purchase a card with a real belief of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the local or the United Kingston football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, pander to the exceedingly rich of the state and sightseers. Until a short time ago, there was a very big tourist industry, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected conflict have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two 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 slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has shrunk by more than forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has come to pass, it isn’t known how well the vacationing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry through until things improve is basically unknown.