The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be working the other way, with the atrocious market circumstances leading to a greater ambition to play, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For the majority of the citizens surviving on the meager local earnings, there are two common forms of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of hitting are unbelievably tiny, but then the winnings are also remarkably large. It’s been said by economists who look at the concept that many do not buy a ticket with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the UK soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, look after the extremely rich of the society and travelers. Until not long ago, there was a exceptionally large sightseeing business, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated crime have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. 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 video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has cropped up, it isn’t understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry through till conditions improve is basically unknown.