The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might envision that there would be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be operating the other way, with the desperate market circumstances creating a greater ambition to gamble, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For most of the locals living on the abysmal nearby wages, there are 2 common types of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of hitting are unbelievably tiny, but then the prizes are also remarkably big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the subject that most don’t purchase a card with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the UK soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pamper the considerably rich of the state and travelers. Up until a short while ago, there was a very large vacationing industry, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected violence 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 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming tables, 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 has gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has come to pass, it isn’t understood how well the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry on till things get better is basically not known.
