The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may think that there would be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be working the other way, with the desperate market circumstances leading to a bigger eagerness to play, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way from the difficulty.
For the majority of the locals living on the abysmal local money, there are 2 popular types of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the chances of winning are unbelievably low, but then the winnings are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by economists who study the subject that the lion’s share do not purchase a card with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the English football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, look after the exceedingly rich of the state and vacationers. Until not long ago, there was a considerably large tourist industry, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated 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 five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only 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, both of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and video 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 tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and crime that has resulted, it is not well-known how well the vacationing business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will survive until things improve is simply not known.