The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could envision that there might be very little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the desperate economic conditions creating a greater eagerness to bet, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For many of the people subsisting on the tiny nearby wages, there are two popular forms of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the chances of winning are remarkably tiny, but then the prizes are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the idea that many don’t purchase a card with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the domestic or the British soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, cater to the extremely rich of the state and vacationers. Up until a short while ago, there was a very substantial tourist industry, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated crime have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has deflated by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has come about, it isn’t understood how well the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around till conditions get better is merely unknown.