The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be working the other way, with the atrocious market conditions creating a larger ambition to gamble, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For nearly all of the locals surviving on the abysmal local wages, there are two common styles of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of winning are remarkably low, but then the winnings are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the subject that the lion’s share do not buy a card with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is based on either the local or the English football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, pander to the exceedingly rich of the country and tourists. Up until a short while ago, there was a extremely large vacationing business, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected crime have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machines. 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 two of which contain table games, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has deflated by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has come about, it isn’t known how healthy the sightseeing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around until things get better is merely unknown.
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