The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may imagine that there might be little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be functioning the opposite way, with the awful economic conditions leading to a higher eagerness to play, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For nearly all of the locals living on the tiny local wages, there are 2 dominant types of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of winning are extremely low, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the situation that the majority do not purchase a ticket with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is built on either the local or the British football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, look after the exceedingly rich of the state and vacationers. Up until a short time ago, there was a exceptionally big sightseeing business, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected violence have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 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 only 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, both of which have gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has deflated by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has arisen, it isn’t known how healthy the sightseeing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will be alive till things get better is basically unknown.