The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there would be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be functioning the opposite way, with the crucial market conditions creating a larger desire to wager, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the situation.
For the majority of the locals living on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 dominant styles of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are unbelievably tiny, but then the jackpots are also extremely large. It’s been said by economists who look at the concept that most don’t buy a ticket with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the English soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pamper the astonishingly rich of the country and travelers. Up until a short time ago, there was a very substantial tourist industry, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected bloodshed have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have table games, one armed bandits 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 offer slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has cropped up, it is not well-known how healthy the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will be alive until conditions improve is basically not known.
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