The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could envision that there would be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be working the other way, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a bigger eagerness to play, to try and find a quick win, a way from the situation.
For most of the locals living on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 popular styles of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the chances of hitting are remarkably tiny, but then the prizes are also remarkably big. It’s been said by financial experts who study the subject that most don’t purchase a card with a real assumption of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the British soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, pamper the astonishingly rich of the country and sightseers. Up till a short while ago, there was a extremely substantial sightseeing industry, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated violence have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has contracted by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has come to pass, it isn’t understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around until conditions get better is simply unknown.
