The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could imagine that there would be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it appears to be working the other way, with the critical market conditions leading to a larger eagerness to bet, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For many of the citizens subsisting on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 established styles of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the chances of hitting are extremely low, but then the prizes are also extremely high. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the concept that the lion’s share do not buy a ticket with the rational assumption of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the United Kingston football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, mollycoddle the very rich of the society and travelers. Until a short while ago, there was a extremely substantial vacationing business, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated crime have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has deflated by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and crime that has come to pass, it is not known how healthy the sightseeing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry through until conditions improve is simply unknown.