The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you might envision that there would be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the critical market conditions leading to a bigger eagerness to play, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For many of the citizens surviving on the abysmal local money, there are 2 established forms of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are unbelievably small, but then the winnings are also very big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the idea that many do not buy a ticket with the rational expectation of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the domestic or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, look after the exceedingly rich of the country and tourists. Up till recently, there was a considerably large vacationing business, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated bloodshed have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two 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 slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has contracted by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has come to pass, it isn’t known how well the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry through until conditions improve is basically not known.