The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could envision that there would be very little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the crucial economic circumstances leading to a bigger ambition to play, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For the majority of the people surviving on the meager nearby wages, there are 2 popular types of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of hitting are unbelievably low, but then the prizes are also remarkably big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the situation that the lion’s share do not buy a ticket with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the UK football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pamper the astonishingly rich of the society and tourists. Up until not long ago, there was a very large vacationing business, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated conflict have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two 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 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 table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has diminished by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has come to pass, it is not well-known how healthy the vacationing business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will be alive till things get better is merely not known.