The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might imagine that there would be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the crucial economic circumstances leading to a greater ambition to bet, to attempt to find a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For the majority of the locals living on the abysmal local money, there are 2 established forms of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of succeeding are remarkably tiny, but then the jackpots are also extremely big. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that many don’t buy a ticket with the rational belief of hitting. Zimbet is centered on one of the local or the United Kingston football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, look after the considerably rich of the society and vacationers. Up till recently, there was a incredibly substantial vacationing industry, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated crime 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 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only 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 contain table games, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has cropped up, it is not understood how well the sightseeing business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around till things improve is basically unknown.