The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could envision that there might be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the atrocious market conditions creating a bigger ambition to wager, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For almost all of the people living on the meager nearby wages, there are 2 established styles of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the chances of profiting are remarkably low, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by economists who study the concept that many don’t purchase a card with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the English football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, look after the exceedingly rich of the society and sightseers. Until recently, there was a considerably substantial sightseeing business, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated conflict have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machines. 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, both of which contain gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has come about, it is not well-known how well the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry through till things get better is simply unknown.