The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you might think that there would be little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it appears to be operating the opposite way around, with the awful economic circumstances leading to a higher desire to bet, to try and find a quick win, a way from the difficulty.
For the majority of the citizens subsisting on the meager nearby wages, there are two common forms of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of hitting are surprisingly small, but then the jackpots are also extremely big. It’s been said by financial experts who study the concept that most don’t purchase a card with an actual assumption of profiting. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the English soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, look after the extremely rich of the state and tourists. Until not long ago, there was a very big sightseeing industry, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected crime have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machine games. 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 offer table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has diminished by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has come about, it is not well-known how well the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry on until conditions get better is simply unknown.