The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there might be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a bigger desire to bet, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For most of the locals living on the meager local wages, there are two dominant types of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the odds of hitting are extremely tiny, but then the prizes are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the situation that many don’t purchase a ticket with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the British football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, look after the incredibly rich of the country and sightseers. Up till not long ago, there was a incredibly substantial tourist industry, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected bloodshed 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 Casino, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has deflated by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and crime that has arisen, it is not well-known how healthy the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will be alive till conditions get better is simply not known.
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