The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the desperate market circumstances creating a bigger desire to gamble, to try and find a quick win, a way from the problems.
For the majority of the locals living on the meager nearby money, there are two dominant forms of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the odds of profiting are surprisingly low, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that many do not buy a card with a real assumption of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pander to the considerably rich of the country and travelers. Until recently, there was a considerably substantial sightseeing industry, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected crime have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has shrunk by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has come to pass, it is not well-known how well the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will still be around till conditions improve is basically unknown.