The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you might imagine that there would be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be functioning the opposite way, with the crucial economic circumstances creating a greater eagerness to play, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For most of the people living on the abysmal nearby wages, there are 2 popular styles of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are remarkably tiny, but then the winnings are also remarkably high. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the concept that the majority don’t purchase a card with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, cater to the incredibly rich of the state and sightseers. Up until a short while ago, there was a considerably large vacationing business, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated crime have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also 2 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 contracted by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and crime that has arisen, it isn’t known how well the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry on until things get better is simply not known.