The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you might envision that there might be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the desperate economic circumstances creating a higher ambition to wager, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For the majority of the citizens living on the abysmal local money, there are two established types of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the odds of winning are remarkably tiny, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the idea that most do not purchase a card with the rational assumption of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the domestic or the British soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, cater to the extremely rich of the state and vacationers. Up till recently, there was a exceptionally large tourist industry, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated conflict have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, 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 just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned mentioned 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 municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has resulted, it is not known how healthy the sightseeing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry on till things get better is basically not known.
