The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might imagine that there might be very little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the awful economic circumstances creating a bigger ambition to bet, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For many of the citizens surviving on the meager local money, there are 2 popular forms of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of profiting are unbelievably low, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the concept that most do not purchase a ticket with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the British soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pamper the exceedingly rich of the nation and tourists. Until a short while ago, there was a extremely large vacationing business, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected conflict have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, 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 just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer table games, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has deflated by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has come about, it isn’t known how well the vacationing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry on until conditions get better is simply not known.