The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could imagine that there would be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be operating the opposite way, with the awful market circumstances creating a bigger desire to wager, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For many of the people subsisting on the tiny nearby wages, there are 2 popular forms of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of winning are remarkably low, but then the jackpots are also extremely high. It’s been said by economists who understand the subject that most do not buy a card with the rational assumption of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the UK soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, look after the considerably rich of the nation and sightseers. Until a short while ago, there was a exceptionally substantial vacationing business, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected bloodshed 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 five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has deflated by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has resulted, it is not known how well the tourist industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry through till things get better is basically unknown.
