The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you may think that there would be little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be operating the opposite way, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a higher eagerness to bet, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For nearly all of the people living on the meager local wages, there are two common styles 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 hitting are extremely small, but then the jackpots are also extremely big. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the situation that the majority do not purchase a card with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is centered on one of the national or the UK soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pander to the incredibly rich of the state and travelers. Up until recently, there was a extremely large sightseeing business, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated violence have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five 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 just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has shrunk by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has come about, it is not known how healthy the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will still be around until conditions get better is simply not known.
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