The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could envision that there would be little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be working the other way, with the desperate market conditions leading to a higher ambition to play, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For nearly all of the people subsisting on the tiny nearby wages, there are 2 common styles of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are remarkably small, but then the winnings are also remarkably big. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the subject that the lion’s share do not purchase a ticket with a real expectation of winning. Zimbet is built on either the national or the UK football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, cater to the very rich of the society and sightseers. Up until a short while ago, there was a considerably large sightseeing business, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected crime 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 den, 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 two of which contain table games, slots and video 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 previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has come to pass, it isn’t known how well the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry through till things improve is basically unknown.