The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you might envision that there might be little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the desperate economic conditions creating a larger eagerness to bet, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For the majority of the locals subsisting on the meager nearby wages, there are 2 dominant types of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the odds of profiting are surprisingly small, but then the winnings are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the idea that many don’t purchase a ticket with a real assumption of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the UK football divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the country and sightseers. Up until a short while ago, there was a very big tourist business, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected conflict have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has resulted, it isn’t known how well the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry on until conditions get better is merely unknown.