The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may envision that there would be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the awful market conditions leading to a larger ambition to bet, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For almost all of the citizens subsisting on the tiny nearby wages, there are 2 popular styles of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of profiting are unbelievably low, but then the winnings are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by economists who study the concept that the majority do not buy a card with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is based on either the national or the UK football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, mollycoddle the exceedingly rich of the country and travelers. Up until a short time ago, there was a very big tourist industry, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated bloodshed have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have table games, slots and electronic 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 table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has arisen, it isn’t understood how healthy the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive till conditions get better is basically not known.