The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the awful economic conditions creating a bigger desire to play, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For many of the citizens living on the abysmal local money, there are two popular forms of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the chances of succeeding are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also remarkably high. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the idea that the majority don’t purchase a card with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is based on either the domestic or the British football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, cater to the astonishingly rich of the country and tourists. Up till a short while ago, there was a very large vacationing industry, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated bloodshed have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only 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, the pair of which contain gaming tables, 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 have gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has diminished by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has come to pass, it isn’t well-known how healthy the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will survive until conditions get better is merely not known.