The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might imagine that there would be little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the critical market circumstances leading to a bigger desire to gamble, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way from the situation.
For many of the people surviving on the abysmal local money, there are 2 common styles of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of succeeding are extremely small, but then the winnings are also remarkably big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that the lion’s share do not buy a ticket with an actual expectation of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pander to the extremely rich of the nation and vacationers. Up till a short while ago, there was a exceptionally substantial sightseeing business, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected violence have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machine games. 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, both of which contain gaming tables, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has contracted by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has arisen, it is not understood how well the vacationing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry on till things get better is merely not known.