The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be functioning the other way around, with the critical economic circumstances creating a bigger eagerness to bet, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For many of the locals surviving on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 popular styles of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of winning are extremely low, but then the jackpots are also very big. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the idea that the lion’s share do not buy a ticket with the rational expectation of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, pamper the exceedingly rich of the nation and sightseers. Up until a short time ago, there was a considerably large tourist industry, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated violence have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machines. 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, the two of which offer table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has diminished by more than forty percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has come to pass, it is not known how healthy the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around till things improve is merely not known.