The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there would be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the critical economic circumstances creating a greater eagerness to gamble, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For the majority of the people surviving on the abysmal local earnings, there are 2 dominant forms of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of hitting are remarkably small, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the concept that most don’t purchase a ticket with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the local or the British soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, look after the extremely rich of the nation and vacationers. Up till a short time ago, there was a incredibly substantial vacationing industry, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated violence have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five 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 only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, 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 has gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has shrunk by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and crime that has resulted, it isn’t well-known how well the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will survive till conditions improve is merely unknown.