The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be operating the other way, with the desperate market conditions leading to a bigger eagerness to wager, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way from the problems.
For nearly all of the people living on the meager local wages, there are two dominant forms of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the chances of succeeding are surprisingly small, but then the prizes are also extremely large. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the concept that the lion’s share do not purchase a ticket with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the English soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pamper the astonishingly rich of the country and vacationers. Up until a short time ago, there was a very big tourist industry, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated violence have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming tables, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and violence that has resulted, it is not well-known how well the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around until conditions get better is simply not known.
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