The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could imagine that there would be little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be functioning the opposite way around, with the critical market circumstances leading to a bigger eagerness to bet, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For nearly all of the locals living on the tiny local wages, there are two dominant types of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the odds of hitting are extremely small, but then the winnings are also very big. It’s been said by economists who understand the idea that the lion’s share do not purchase a card with the rational assumption of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the UK football divisions and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, cater to the extremely rich of the nation and sightseers. Until a short while ago, there was a incredibly large sightseeing business, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected violence have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has contracted by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has come about, it is not known how well the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will survive till conditions improve is basically unknown.