The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could envision that there would be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be working the other way, with the desperate market circumstances creating a greater eagerness to gamble, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For nearly all of the locals subsisting on the tiny local wages, there are 2 dominant styles of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of winning are surprisingly small, but then the winnings are also extremely big. It’s been said by economists who understand the idea that the lion’s share do not buy a ticket with the rational expectation of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the national or the UK soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, look after the astonishingly rich of the society and vacationers. Up till not long ago, there was a considerably substantial vacationing business, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected violence have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, 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 pair of which contain gaming tables, slot machines 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 has slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has arisen, it isn’t well-known how healthy the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will still be around until things improve is merely unknown.
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