The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you might envision that there might be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be working the other way, with the atrocious economic circumstances creating a higher desire to play, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For the majority of the people subsisting on the meager local earnings, there are 2 dominant forms of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the chances of succeeding are unbelievably low, but then the prizes are also extremely high. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that many don’t purchase a card with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the United Kingston football leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, look after the very rich of the nation and tourists. Up until a short time ago, there was a extremely big tourist industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected conflict 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 slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and crime that has resulted, it is not known how healthy the vacationing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around until conditions improve is merely not known.