The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might think that there would be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the awful economic circumstances creating a higher ambition to gamble, to try and find a quick win, a way from the situation.
For nearly all of the citizens living on the meager local money, there are two common types of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the odds of hitting are extremely small, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by economists who understand the idea that most do not purchase a ticket with an actual assumption of hitting. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the English soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the very rich of the state and vacationers. Up till not long ago, there was a incredibly substantial vacationing industry, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected violence have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has diminished by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has come about, it is not understood how well the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around till things get better is simply not known.