The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you may imagine that there would be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the awful market conditions creating a greater eagerness to play, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For many of the citizens living on the meager local wages, there are two dominant styles of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the odds of hitting are unbelievably small, but then the jackpots are also extremely large. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the idea that the majority don’t purchase a card with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is centered on one of the national or the English football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, cater to the exceedingly rich of the nation and tourists. Until recently, there was a considerably big vacationing business, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected conflict have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has contracted by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has come about, it is not understood how well the sightseeing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry through until things improve is simply not known.