The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may imagine that there might be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the critical economic circumstances creating a bigger desire to play, to try and find a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For the majority of the people living on the meager local wages, there are two popular types of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the odds of profiting are extremely tiny, but then the prizes are also very big. It’s been said by economists who look at the idea that most do not purchase a ticket with the rational expectation of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the British football divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pamper the incredibly rich of the society and sightseers. Until a short while ago, there was a very substantial sightseeing business, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected violence have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machines. 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, both of which offer gaming tables, slots 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 tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has diminished by more than forty percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has come about, it is not well-known how healthy the vacationing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive till conditions get better is basically unknown.
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