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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may envision that there might be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be functioning the opposite way, with the awful market conditions leading to a higher desire to gamble, to attempt to find a fast win, a way from the problems.
For many of the people living on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 established forms of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of hitting are remarkably tiny, but then the winnings are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that the lion’s share don’t buy a ticket with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the national or the British soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the very rich of the country and tourists. Up until recently, there was a extremely substantial sightseeing industry, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated bloodshed have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming tables, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has arisen, it is not understood how healthy the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will still be around until conditions improve is merely unknown.
