The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there would be very little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a larger eagerness to wager, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For almost all of the citizens surviving on the tiny nearby earnings, there are two dominant types of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the chances of winning are extremely low, but then the prizes are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by economists who look at the idea that many do not purchase a ticket with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the domestic or the United Kingston football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pamper the astonishingly rich of the state and tourists. Up till not long ago, there was a very big tourist business, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated bloodshed have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains 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, the pair of which has gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has arisen, it is not known how healthy the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will survive until things improve is merely not known.