The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you might envision that there would be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the crucial market conditions creating a greater desire to play, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the situation.
For many of the locals subsisting on the meager local money, there are two dominant styles of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the chances of succeeding are unbelievably low, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that the lion’s share do not buy a card with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is based on either the local or the United Kingston football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, mollycoddle the astonishingly rich of the country and sightseers. Up until a short time ago, there was a extremely substantial vacationing industry, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated conflict have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain table games, slot machines 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 slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has contracted by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has resulted, it is not well-known how well the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry through till things improve is basically not known.