The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could envision that there might be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be operating the opposite way, with the awful economic conditions creating a bigger eagerness to gamble, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For nearly all of the locals subsisting on the abysmal local money, there are two dominant forms of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the odds of hitting are extremely small, but then the prizes are also very big. It’s been said by economists who understand the idea that the lion’s share don’t buy a ticket with the rational belief of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the UK football leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the nation and tourists. Until a short time ago, there was a considerably big vacationing business, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated bloodshed 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 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. 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 two of which offer table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has deflated by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has cropped up, it isn’t understood how well the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will survive till conditions get better is merely not known.