The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you might think that there might be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be operating the other way around, with the critical market conditions leading to a bigger desire to bet, to attempt to find a fast win, a way from the situation.
For many of the people surviving on the tiny local money, there are 2 popular forms of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of winning are extremely small, but then the winnings are also extremely large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the idea that the majority do not purchase a ticket with the rational belief of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the UK football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the very rich of the country and vacationers. Up till a short while ago, there was a considerably substantial tourist business, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated crime have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 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 only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both 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, both of which offer gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite 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 municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has contracted by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has cropped up, it is not understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will still be around until things improve is simply unknown.