The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there might be little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be working the opposite way, with the critical market circumstances creating a bigger desire to play, to try and locate a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For the majority of the citizens living on the tiny nearby wages, there are two popular types of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the odds of succeeding are extremely tiny, but then the prizes are also extremely big. It’s been said by financial experts who study the subject that the majority don’t buy a ticket with the rational belief of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the English soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, look after the incredibly rich of the state and tourists. Up till a short while ago, there was a extremely substantial tourist industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected conflict have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has deflated by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has come about, it is not understood how healthy the vacationing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will survive until conditions improve is basically unknown.