The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there would be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be operating the other way around, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a bigger eagerness to wager, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For the majority of the people surviving on the abysmal nearby wages, there are 2 dominant styles of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the odds of hitting are extremely small, but then the prizes are also extremely high. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the subject that many do not buy a ticket with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the English football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, pander to the exceedingly rich of the country and tourists. Until a short while ago, there was a very big tourist industry, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected crime have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has come about, it is not well-known how healthy the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry on until conditions get better is merely not known.
