The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might imagine that there might be little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the atrocious market conditions leading to a greater ambition to play, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the problems.
For most of the locals subsisting on the meager local money, there are two common styles of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are remarkably small, but then the jackpots are also extremely big. It’s been said by economists who understand the situation that the lion’s share do not buy a card with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the United Kingston football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, cater to the incredibly rich of the country and sightseers. Until recently, there was a incredibly large sightseeing business, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected conflict have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machine games. 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 two of which contain gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by more than forty percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has resulted, it is not understood how well the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will still be around until things improve is simply unknown.
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