The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you may imagine that there would be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it appears to be operating the opposite way, with the awful market circumstances creating a bigger desire to gamble, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For almost all of the people subsisting on the meager nearby wages, there are two common styles of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the chances of succeeding are remarkably small, but then the winnings are also remarkably high. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the situation that the lion’s share don’t buy a ticket with an actual belief of profiting. Zimbet is founded on one of the domestic or the British soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, pamper the astonishingly rich of the state and tourists. Up till recently, there was a exceptionally substantial sightseeing industry, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated conflict have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. 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 two of which offer table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has diminished by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has come to pass, it isn’t well-known how well the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on till things improve is simply not known.