The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be very little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the desperate market conditions leading to a greater eagerness to wager, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way from the problems.
For many of the locals surviving on the meager local money, there are 2 popular forms of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of profiting are remarkably low, but then the jackpots are also extremely big. It’s been said by economists who understand the idea that most do not buy a card with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the domestic or the UK soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pander to the very rich of the nation and sightseers. Until not long ago, there was a extremely large tourist business, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected crime have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, 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 hall, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has cropped up, it is not understood how healthy the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will carry on till things get better is basically not known.
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