The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could think that there would be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the awful economic conditions creating a larger ambition to play, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For most of the citizens subsisting on the abysmal local earnings, there are 2 common types of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the chances of hitting are surprisingly low, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by economists who study the idea that the majority don’t buy a ticket with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is based on either the local or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pamper the astonishingly rich of the nation and sightseers. Up till not long ago, there was a very big tourist business, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse 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 five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. 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 two of which offer gaming tables, 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 has gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has contracted by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has cropped up, it is not well-known how well the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive until conditions improve is basically unknown.
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