The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may envision that there would be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be operating the opposite way, with the critical economic conditions creating a greater eagerness to bet, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For most of the people surviving on the abysmal nearby money, there are two established forms of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of winning are surprisingly low, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the subject that most do not buy a card with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the national or the British football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, look after the considerably rich of the society and tourists. Until recently, there was a very substantial sightseeing business, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected bloodshed have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has deflated by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and crime that has resulted, it isn’t understood how healthy the vacationing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will survive until things get better is basically unknown.