The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could envision that there might be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be working the other way around, with the desperate market conditions creating a greater eagerness to gamble, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the situation.
For nearly all of the locals living on the abysmal nearby earnings, there are two dominant types of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the chances of profiting are surprisingly small, but then the jackpots are also remarkably large. It’s been said by economists who look at the idea that most do not buy a ticket with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the British soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pander to the exceedingly rich of the nation and tourists. Up till not long ago, there was a exceptionally big tourist industry, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated bloodshed have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has come to pass, it is not well-known how well the sightseeing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry on until conditions improve is simply unknown.