The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you may envision that there might be little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be working the other way around, with the crucial economic circumstances leading to a larger eagerness to play, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For almost all of the locals surviving on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 established styles of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of winning are unbelievably small, but then the jackpots are also remarkably large. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that most don’t purchase a card with a real assumption of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the British soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, look after the very rich of the nation and travelers. Up till recently, there was a considerably large sightseeing industry, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated bloodshed have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has deflated by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has resulted, it is not known how well the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will be alive until things get better is simply not known.
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