The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there would be little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be working the other way, with the critical economic conditions creating a higher desire to play, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the situation.
For almost all of the locals living on the meager nearby wages, there are 2 popular types of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the odds of succeeding are remarkably small, but then the prizes are also very high. It’s been said by economists who study the concept that most don’t buy a ticket with an actual belief of profiting. Zimbet is centered on one of the national or the British football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, pander to the astonishingly rich of the state and vacationers. Up until not long ago, there was a extremely substantial vacationing industry, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected violence have carved 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 gambling den, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are 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 economy has contracted by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has come about, it isn’t known how healthy the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will be alive till conditions get better is basically not known.
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