The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you may imagine that there might be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it appears to be functioning the other way around, with the awful economic circumstances creating a bigger eagerness to gamble, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For many of the locals surviving on the tiny nearby money, there are two common styles of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the chances of succeeding are unbelievably small, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the situation that the majority do not buy a ticket with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the English football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, pamper the astonishingly rich of the country and tourists. Up until a short time ago, there was a considerably big sightseeing business, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected violence have cut into this market.
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 gambling den, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously mentioned 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 municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has contracted by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has cropped up, it isn’t understood how healthy the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive till things get better is basically not known.