The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might imagine that there might be little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be operating the opposite way around, with the desperate market conditions leading to a higher eagerness to wager, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For almost all of the locals subsisting on the tiny nearby money, there are 2 popular styles of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the odds of winning are remarkably low, but then the winnings are also extremely high. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the concept that most don’t purchase a ticket with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is based on either the domestic or the English soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pander to the very rich of the country and vacationers. Until a short time ago, there was a very substantial vacationing industry, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected conflict have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have table games, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses 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 halls and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has cropped up, it is not understood how well the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will survive until conditions improve is basically unknown.