The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might imagine that there would be very little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the awful market circumstances creating a higher eagerness to gamble, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For the majority of the locals subsisting on the meager nearby earnings, there are 2 common styles of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the chances of hitting are unbelievably tiny, but then the prizes are also extremely large. It’s been said by economists who understand the idea that the lion’s share do not purchase a card with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the English soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, look after the incredibly rich of the country and vacationers. Until recently, there was a extremely substantial tourist industry, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected conflict have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming tables, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and crime that has arisen, it is not known how healthy the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will survive until things get better is merely unknown.