The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may imagine that there would be little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the awful market conditions creating a larger eagerness to gamble, to attempt to find a quick win, a way from the problems.
For the majority of the locals surviving on the abysmal local money, there are two established forms of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the odds of winning are remarkably small, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that most do not purchase a ticket with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the United Kingston football divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, look after the extremely rich of the society and sightseers. Up till a short while ago, there was a very substantial tourist business, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected bloodshed have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, 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 two of which contain table games, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has come to pass, it isn’t understood how well the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will be alive till things improve is basically unknown.