The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might think that there would be very little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be operating the opposite way around, with the crucial economic conditions leading to a higher ambition to play, to attempt to find a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For the majority of the people surviving on the tiny nearby earnings, there are 2 established forms of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of winning are extremely tiny, but then the prizes are also very large. It’s been said by economists who look at the idea that the lion’s share don’t buy a card with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the UK football leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, cater to the incredibly rich of the state and vacationers. Up until not long ago, there was a considerably large tourist industry, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated conflict have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machines. 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 contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has come about, it isn’t understood how healthy the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will survive till things get better is merely not known.