The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you may imagine that there would be little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be functioning the other way, with the desperate market circumstances creating a larger ambition to gamble, to try and find a fast win, a way from the difficulty.
For the majority of the citizens surviving on the meager nearby wages, there are two established forms of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the odds of winning are extremely small, but then the winnings are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that the majority don’t buy a ticket with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the UK soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, mollycoddle the very rich of the society and travelers. Up till a short time ago, there was a exceptionally substantial tourist industry, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated bloodshed have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, 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 machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer 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, the two of which have video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has contracted by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has resulted, it isn’t known how well the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will still be around till conditions get better is simply unknown.