The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be functioning the other way around, with the desperate economic circumstances creating a higher desire to gamble, to attempt to find a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For the majority of the citizens subsisting on the meager local earnings, there are 2 dominant forms of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of hitting are unbelievably small, but then the prizes are also remarkably big. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the subject that most don’t buy a ticket with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the domestic or the UK football leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pander to the considerably rich of the society and travelers. Up until a short time ago, there was a extremely big tourist industry, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected crime have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming tables, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has deflated by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has come about, it isn’t understood how well the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will survive till things improve is basically unknown.