The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the desperate economic conditions creating a higher eagerness to play, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For nearly all of the people surviving on the meager nearby wages, there are 2 popular styles of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are unbelievably low, but then the winnings are also very large. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the situation that most don’t purchase a ticket with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the United Kingston football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, look after the astonishingly rich of the society and vacationers. Until a short time ago, there was a very big sightseeing industry, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected crime have cut 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 slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has contracted by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has resulted, it isn’t known how well the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will still be around till things improve is simply not known.