The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you may imagine that there might be little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the critical market circumstances leading to a greater desire to play, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For almost all of the people subsisting on the abysmal local earnings, there are 2 dominant forms of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of profiting are surprisingly tiny, but then the winnings are also extremely high. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that the lion’s share do not purchase a ticket with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the British football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pander to the extremely rich of the country and travelers. Up till not long ago, there was a extremely big sightseeing industry, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected bloodshed have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only 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 two of which have gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has arisen, it isn’t well-known how well the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will be alive until conditions improve is basically not known.