The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you could think that there might be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the awful economic circumstances creating a bigger ambition to bet, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For nearly all of the locals subsisting on the tiny nearby wages, there are 2 established types of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the chances of profiting are extremely small, but then the prizes are also extremely big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that most do not purchase a card with the rational belief of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the national or the English soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pander to the exceedingly rich of the state and tourists. Up until recently, there was a exceptionally big tourist business, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected violence have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and violence that has come to pass, it isn’t known how well the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry through until conditions improve is simply not known.
