The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may envision that there might be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be operating the opposite way, with the desperate economic circumstances leading to a bigger ambition to bet, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For most of the people subsisting on the abysmal local wages, there are two dominant forms of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the chances of succeeding are remarkably tiny, but then the jackpots are also extremely large. It’s been said by economists who study the situation that the lion’s share do not purchase a card with a real expectation of winning. Zimbet is based on either the national or the UK football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, mollycoddle the extremely rich of the society and travelers. Up until not long ago, there was a exceptionally large vacationing business, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated conflict have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two 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 only 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 offer table games, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by more than forty percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has come about, it isn’t well-known how healthy the sightseeing business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will survive till things get better is merely not known.