The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might think that there would be little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be working the other way, with the awful economic conditions leading to a greater desire to play, to attempt to find a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For the majority of the people living on the tiny local wages, there are 2 dominant forms of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the chances of profiting are remarkably low, but then the jackpots are also extremely large. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the subject that the majority don’t purchase a card with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the United Kingston football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, look after the exceedingly rich of the nation and tourists. Up until a short while ago, there was a very big tourist industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected conflict have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain 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 have slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has contracted by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has resulted, it isn’t well-known how healthy the sightseeing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will survive until conditions improve is simply unknown.