The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there might be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the other way, with the desperate economic conditions creating a greater eagerness to wager, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For almost all of the people subsisting on the meager nearby wages, there are 2 established styles of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the chances of hitting are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also very big. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the idea that the lion’s share don’t purchase a ticket with a real belief of hitting. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the UK soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, look after the very rich of the society and tourists. Up till not long ago, there was a very large tourist industry, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected violence have carved into this market.
Among 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 gambling hall, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has contracted by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has resulted, it is not known how well the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry through until conditions improve is simply not known.