The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might imagine that there would be little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be operating the opposite way, with the critical market conditions creating a bigger desire to wager, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For most of the citizens subsisting on the tiny local wages, there are two popular styles of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the chances of profiting are unbelievably tiny, but then the prizes are also remarkably high. It’s been said by economists who understand the idea that the lion’s share do not buy a ticket with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the English soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, pamper the very rich of the nation and vacationers. Up till recently, there was a exceptionally substantial tourist industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated conflict have cut 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 Casino, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are 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 economy has deflated by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and crime that has cropped up, it isn’t known how healthy the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will be alive till things improve is merely unknown.
