The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might imagine that there would be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be operating the other way, with the critical economic conditions creating a bigger desire to play, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For the majority of the locals surviving on the tiny local money, there are 2 popular types of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the odds of succeeding are surprisingly small, but then the prizes are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by economists who study the situation that many do not purchase a ticket with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is founded on one of the domestic or the British soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, look after the extremely rich of the state and travelers. Up until a short time ago, there was a very big sightseeing business, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated crime have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. 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 pair of which have table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and violence that has cropped up, it isn’t well-known how well the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around till things improve is simply not known.
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