The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may imagine that there would be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be functioning the other way around, with the desperate market circumstances creating a higher eagerness to bet, to try and find a fast win, a way from the situation.
For most of the locals subsisting on the abysmal local money, there are 2 common forms of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of hitting are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also remarkably large. It’s been said by market analysts who study the situation that many don’t purchase a card with the rational belief of hitting. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the English soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, look after the incredibly rich of the country and vacationers. Up till a short while ago, there was a very substantial vacationing industry, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market 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 five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and violence that has cropped up, it isn’t understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will be alive till conditions get better is simply unknown.