The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you could think that there would be little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be operating the other way around, with the desperate market circumstances creating a bigger desire to gamble, to attempt to find a quick win, a way from the situation.
For many of the people subsisting on the meager local wages, there are 2 common forms of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of hitting are remarkably tiny, but then the prizes are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that many do not buy a card with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the United Kingston football leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, cater to the extremely rich of the state and tourists. Until not long ago, there was a exceptionally big vacationing business, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated bloodshed have cut into this trade.
Among 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 gambling hall, 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 pair of which contain gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and crime that has come to pass, it isn’t well-known how healthy the vacationing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry through till conditions get better is merely unknown.