The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may think that there would be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the awful economic conditions creating a higher desire to bet, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way from the problems.
For most of the locals surviving on the tiny nearby wages, there are 2 popular types of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of profiting are surprisingly tiny, but then the winnings are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by economists who study the subject that the majority don’t purchase a ticket with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the British soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, mollycoddle the astonishingly rich of the country and vacationers. Until recently, there was a very substantial tourist business, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated violence have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has contracted by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has cropped up, it is not understood how well the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will be alive until conditions improve is simply not known.