The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might envision that there would be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be operating the other way, with the crucial economic conditions leading to a larger ambition to gamble, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way from the situation.
For almost all of the locals surviving on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 dominant types of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the odds of hitting are unbelievably tiny, but then the jackpots are also extremely big. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that many don’t buy a card with the rational assumption of hitting. Zimbet is centered on one of the local or the UK soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the exceedingly rich of the state and travelers. Up till a short time ago, there was a very big tourist business, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected bloodshed have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has deflated by more than forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has arisen, it is not understood how healthy the vacationing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will carry through till conditions get better is merely unknown.