The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might envision that there would be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the desperate market circumstances creating a larger ambition to play, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the problems.
For the majority of the citizens surviving on the meager local money, there are two established types of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are extremely small, but then the jackpots are also extremely big. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that many don’t buy a ticket with an actual belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on either the national or the British football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, pamper the astonishingly rich of the state and tourists. Up till recently, there was a very big vacationing industry, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected violence have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has contracted by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has come about, it isn’t known how well the vacationing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry through until things get better is basically unknown.
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