The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could imagine that there would be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the awful market conditions leading to a greater eagerness to play, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For almost all of the people subsisting on the meager nearby wages, there are 2 established forms of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the odds of profiting are unbelievably small, but then the winnings are also remarkably big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the idea that many don’t purchase a card with an actual belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the British soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the very rich of the state and travelers. Up until a short time ago, there was a considerably large vacationing industry, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated conflict have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has cropped up, it is not understood how healthy the vacationing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will still be around till things get better is merely not known.
