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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could envision that there would be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be working the other way around, with the awful market conditions creating a bigger desire to gamble, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For nearly all of the citizens surviving on the tiny local wages, there are two established types of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of hitting are surprisingly small, but then the prizes are also extremely large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that many don’t buy a ticket with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the local or the United Kingston football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, look after the very rich of the nation and travelers. Until recently, there was a incredibly large sightseeing industry, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected violence have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, slots 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 slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has deflated by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has come about, it is not well-known how healthy the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will carry on until things get better is merely not known.
