The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the critical economic circumstances creating a larger desire to wager, to try and locate a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For the majority of the locals living on the tiny local wages, there are 2 dominant styles of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of winning are unbelievably small, but then the jackpots are also remarkably big. It’s been said by economists who understand the situation that the majority do not purchase a ticket with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the UK football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pamper the considerably rich of the nation and tourists. Up till not long ago, there was a considerably large sightseeing business, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected crime have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has deflated by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has arisen, it is not well-known how healthy the sightseeing business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry through till conditions get better is merely not known.