The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you could think that there might be little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the desperate market circumstances creating a greater desire to play, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the situation.
For the majority of the people living on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 established types of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the odds of succeeding are unbelievably low, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that many do not buy a card with a real assumption of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the British soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, look after the incredibly rich of the state and vacationers. Until a short while ago, there was a considerably large sightseeing industry, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated conflict have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above 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 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by more than forty percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has cropped up, it isn’t understood how well the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry through till conditions get better is merely unknown.