The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might imagine that there might be very little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the awful market conditions creating a bigger desire to play, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For almost all of the locals surviving on the tiny nearby money, there are 2 established forms of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the chances of hitting are remarkably low, but then the winnings are also remarkably large. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the concept that the lion’s share don’t buy a card with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is based on either the national or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pamper the very rich of the nation and tourists. Up until a short while ago, there was a very big sightseeing business, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected bloodshed have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains 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 has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has deflated by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has come about, it is not understood how healthy the tourist industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will carry through till things get better is merely not known.
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