The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might think that there would be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be operating the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic circumstances creating a larger eagerness to gamble, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For most of the people living on the meager nearby earnings, there are two popular types of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the chances of profiting are unbelievably small, but then the winnings are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by economists who study the situation that most do not purchase a ticket with the rational expectation of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the United Kingston football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, mollycoddle the very rich of the society and travelers. Up till a short time ago, there was a exceptionally big tourist business, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected crime have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machine games. 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, the pair of which contain table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 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 diminished by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has cropped up, it is not well-known how healthy the vacationing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry on until conditions get better is simply unknown.