The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you could think that there would be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be working the other way around, with the awful economic conditions leading to a bigger desire to gamble, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For the majority of the people surviving on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 common types of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the odds of hitting are remarkably low, but then the prizes are also very high. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the situation that many do not buy a card with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, look after the extremely rich of the country and tourists. Up till a short time ago, there was a exceptionally big tourist industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected bloodshed 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 slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. 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 electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has shrunk by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and violence that has resulted, it is not well-known how well the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will carry on till things get better is merely not known.