The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could envision that there would be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the critical market conditions creating a greater ambition to wager, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For nearly all of the locals surviving on the abysmal nearby money, there are 2 dominant types of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the chances of hitting are unbelievably low, but then the prizes are also extremely high. It’s been said by economists who study the subject that most do not purchase a card with a real assumption of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the domestic or the UK soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, cater to the extremely rich of the country and travelers. Up till a short time ago, there was a incredibly big tourist industry, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected violence have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain table games, one armed bandits 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 table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has resulted, it is not known how healthy the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will be alive until things get better is merely unknown.