The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could think that there would be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a bigger ambition to play, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For almost all of the people subsisting on the tiny local earnings, there are two common forms of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of winning are remarkably small, but then the jackpots are also extremely big. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the idea that the majority don’t buy a card with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the British football divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the considerably rich of the nation and sightseers. Up till a short time ago, there was a exceptionally substantial sightseeing business, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated conflict 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 5 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 two of which contain table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and violence that has cropped up, it isn’t understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry through until conditions improve is merely not known.