The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you could imagine that there would be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be operating the other way, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a greater desire to bet, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the situation.
For nearly all of the locals living on the meager local money, there are 2 established styles of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are remarkably small, but then the winnings are also very large. It’s been said by economists who study the concept that many don’t buy a ticket with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the United Kingston football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, pander to the considerably rich of the society and sightseers. Up till a short while ago, there was a considerably big tourist industry, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated crime have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machine games. 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 table games, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has deflated by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has arisen, it isn’t known how healthy the sightseeing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will be alive till things get better is merely not known.