The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might think that there might be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be working the opposite way, with the awful market conditions leading to a bigger desire to wager, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For most of the citizens living on the tiny local money, there are 2 dominant forms of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the chances of hitting are extremely small, but then the jackpots are also very high. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that the lion’s share do not purchase a card with the rational belief of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the domestic or the English soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, cater to the very rich of the country and vacationers. Until not long ago, there was a incredibly large tourist industry, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected violence have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machines. 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, both of which have gaming tables, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has diminished by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and crime that has arisen, it isn’t known how healthy the sightseeing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will survive till things get better is simply unknown.
