The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could envision that there would be very little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be operating the opposite way, with the awful market circumstances leading to a larger ambition to bet, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For nearly all of the locals living on the tiny nearby money, there are two established types of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also very big. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the situation that many don’t buy a card with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the domestic or the British football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the astonishingly rich of the state and travelers. Up till not long ago, there was a very substantial vacationing industry, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated crime have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer table games, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has contracted by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has arisen, it isn’t known how well the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will be alive till things get better is basically unknown.
