The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might envision that there might be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be operating the opposite way, with the critical market circumstances leading to a larger desire to bet, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For the majority of the locals subsisting on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 dominant styles of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of profiting are remarkably small, but then the jackpots are also remarkably large. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the idea that most do not purchase a card with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is built on either the local or the UK football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the considerably rich of the country and travelers. Up until not long ago, there was a considerably large sightseeing industry, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected violence 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 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 one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer table games, slots and video 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 considerably like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by more than forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has cropped up, it is not understood how healthy the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will be alive till things improve is simply unknown.
