The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you might imagine that there might be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the crucial economic circumstances creating a greater ambition to play, to try and find a quick win, a way from the problems.
For many of the citizens subsisting on the abysmal local wages, there are two popular styles of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the chances of succeeding are unbelievably low, but then the prizes are also remarkably big. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the situation that the lion’s share don’t purchase a card with an actual expectation of profiting. Zimbet is centered on one of the local or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pander to the extremely rich of the state and sightseers. Up until recently, there was a exceptionally large tourist business, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated crime have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. 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, both of which have table games, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has resulted, it isn’t known how healthy the sightseeing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry on until conditions get better is simply not known.
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