The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you may imagine that there might be little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the critical economic conditions leading to a greater eagerness to wager, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For most of the citizens surviving on the tiny nearby earnings, there are 2 established types of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the odds of winning are remarkably small, but then the winnings are also very large. It’s been said by market analysts who study the subject that the majority do not purchase a ticket with a real belief of hitting. Zimbet is centered on one of the local or the British soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, look after the extremely rich of the country and tourists. Until recently, there was a considerably substantial vacationing business, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected violence have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, 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 just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has 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 pair of which have gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has contracted by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has resulted, it is not known how well the sightseeing business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will survive until things get better is basically unknown.