The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you may imagine that there might be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be functioning the opposite way, with the awful economic conditions leading to a greater desire to play, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way from the difficulty.
For almost all of the citizens living on the abysmal local money, there are 2 popular types of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the odds of profiting are unbelievably small, but then the jackpots are also very big. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the subject that most do not purchase a ticket with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the UK soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, cater to the extremely rich of the country and tourists. Up till a short while ago, there was a considerably large vacationing business, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated bloodshed have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slots. 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 gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and crime that has come to pass, it isn’t known how well the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around till things get better is simply not known.
