The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there would be very little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be functioning the other way, with the awful economic conditions leading to a larger ambition to play, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the difficulty.
For the majority of the people surviving on the meager nearby wages, there are 2 established types of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of profiting are unbelievably tiny, but then the prizes are also extremely high. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the idea that many don’t purchase a ticket with an actual belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the UK soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, cater to the extremely rich of the country and travelers. Up till not long ago, there was a very large tourist industry, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected conflict have carved into this market.
Among 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 den, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both 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 pair of which have gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has resulted, it is not well-known how well the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around until things get better is simply unknown.