The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you might envision that there might be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be operating the other way, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a greater eagerness to play, to attempt to find a quick win, a way from the difficulty.
For many of the people living on the tiny nearby money, there are 2 common forms of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the odds of winning are extremely low, but then the prizes are also very large. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the subject that many don’t purchase a ticket with the rational assumption of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the domestic or the English football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the extremely rich of the country and tourists. Up till a short while ago, there was a very big tourist business, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated violence have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has deflated by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and crime that has come to pass, it isn’t well-known how healthy the vacationing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will survive till conditions get better is merely unknown.