The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could envision that there might be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic circumstances leading to a greater ambition to gamble, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For most of the people living on the tiny nearby earnings, there are two established forms of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of hitting are remarkably small, but then the prizes are also extremely large. It’s been said by economists who study the situation that most don’t purchase a card with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the UK soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the society and vacationers. Until a short time ago, there was a very substantial tourist business, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated conflict have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain table games, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and crime that has arisen, it is not understood how well the sightseeing business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will survive until things improve is merely not known.