The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there would be little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be working the other way, with the crucial economic circumstances creating a higher eagerness to gamble, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For nearly all of the locals living on the meager local money, there are 2 popular types of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the chances of profiting are extremely low, but then the winnings are also very high. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the subject that the lion’s share don’t buy a card with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the incredibly rich of the state and travelers. Up till a short while ago, there was a extremely substantial sightseeing business, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected bloodshed have cut 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 slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and crime that has cropped up, it isn’t known how well the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry on till things improve is merely not known.
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