The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could envision that there would be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be functioning the opposite way, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a greater eagerness to play, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the problems.
For most of the citizens subsisting on the meager nearby money, there are 2 popular styles of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the odds of winning are surprisingly low, but then the winnings are also remarkably high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that the lion’s share do not buy a card with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the British football leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the astonishingly rich of the country and tourists. Up till a short while ago, there was a incredibly substantial sightseeing business, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated conflict have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have table games, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by more than forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has come about, it is not understood how healthy the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will be alive until conditions improve is merely not known.