The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you might imagine that there might be little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the crucial economic circumstances leading to a greater ambition to play, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For the majority of the locals surviving on the tiny nearby money, there are two dominant forms of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the chances of winning are extremely small, but then the jackpots are also remarkably big. It’s been said by economists who look at the idea that many do not purchase a ticket with the rational assumption of profiting. Zimbet is built on either the national or the English soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, mollycoddle the considerably rich of the state and vacationers. Up until a short time ago, there was a very big vacationing industry, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected conflict have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the 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 gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has contracted by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has come to pass, it is not understood how well the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive until things improve is basically unknown.
