The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there would be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the desperate market conditions leading to a larger desire to wager, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For nearly all of the citizens living on the meager nearby wages, there are two established forms of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the odds of profiting are surprisingly low, but then the jackpots are also extremely large. It’s been said by economists who study the subject that most do not purchase a card with the rational assumption of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the UK soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the society and tourists. Until not long ago, there was a incredibly substantial sightseeing industry, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected violence 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 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 offer table games, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has deflated by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has resulted, it isn’t understood how healthy the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will survive until conditions get better is simply unknown.
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