The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you may imagine that there might be little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be working the other way, with the atrocious economic circumstances leading to a bigger desire to play, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For almost all of the people living on the tiny local money, there are two common types of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are unbelievably small, but then the prizes are also remarkably high. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the subject that many do not buy a ticket with the rational assumption of profiting. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the UK football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pander to the considerably rich of the nation and travelers. Up till recently, there was a very substantial vacationing industry, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated bloodshed have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machines. 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 table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has contracted by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has come to pass, it is not well-known how well the sightseeing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive till things get better is basically unknown.
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