The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could envision that there would be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the atrocious market circumstances leading to a larger desire to play, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For most of the locals subsisting on the meager local wages, there are two dominant forms of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the chances of profiting are unbelievably tiny, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that the lion’s share don’t buy a card with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the British football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pander to the very rich of the society and tourists. Up until a short time ago, there was a considerably substantial tourist industry, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated violence have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have table games, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has contracted by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has arisen, it isn’t understood how well the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around till conditions get better is simply unknown.
