The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there would be very little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a bigger ambition to play, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For many of the locals subsisting on the meager nearby earnings, there are two common types of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are extremely small, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by economists who study the situation that most don’t buy a card with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the English soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, cater to the astonishingly rich of the nation and travelers. Up until not long ago, there was a exceptionally substantial tourist industry, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected conflict have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has come to pass, it is not understood how healthy the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry on until conditions get better is merely unknown.
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