The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there would be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be operating the opposite way around, with the awful economic conditions leading to a larger desire to play, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the difficulty.
For nearly all of the locals subsisting on the abysmal nearby wages, there are 2 established types of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the odds of profiting are extremely low, but then the jackpots are also remarkably high. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that most do not buy a card with the rational assumption of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the national or the United Kingston football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the state and vacationers. Until recently, there was a exceptionally large tourist business, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated conflict have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and crime that has arisen, it is not well-known how well the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry through till things improve is simply unknown.