The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might envision that there would be very little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be operating the other way around, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a bigger ambition to bet, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For the majority of the locals surviving on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 common forms of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the chances of hitting are unbelievably tiny, but then the winnings are also extremely large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the situation that most don’t buy a card with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the English soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the astonishingly rich of the country and vacationers. Until recently, there was a considerably large sightseeing industry, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected conflict have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has contracted by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has come to pass, it is not well-known how well the tourist industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry through till conditions get better is merely unknown.