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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be operating the opposite way, with the desperate economic circumstances leading to a larger desire to bet, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For almost all of the locals living on the tiny local money, there are 2 common forms of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of profiting are extremely small, but then the winnings are also very large. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the situation that many don’t buy a card with a real belief of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the UK soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pander to the exceedingly rich of the nation and sightseers. Until a short while ago, there was a extremely large tourist business, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected bloodshed have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by more than forty percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has come about, it isn’t well-known how healthy the vacationing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry through until things improve is basically unknown.
