The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you may imagine that there might be very little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be operating the other way, with the awful economic circumstances leading to a larger desire to gamble, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For many of the citizens subsisting on the tiny nearby wages, there are 2 dominant forms of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of profiting are remarkably low, but then the prizes are also extremely high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the idea that many don’t purchase a ticket with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is built on either the national or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, pander to the incredibly rich of the nation and tourists. Up till not long ago, there was a very big tourist business, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected violence have cut into this market.
Amongst 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 just the slot machines. 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 have gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has deflated by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has come about, it is not understood how well the vacationing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will be alive until conditions get better is basically unknown.
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