The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may imagine 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 critical market conditions leading to a higher eagerness to wager, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For most of the locals subsisting on the meager local earnings, there are two dominant styles of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the chances of profiting are unbelievably low, but then the prizes are also very big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the situation that the lion’s share don’t purchase a ticket with a real belief of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the British football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, cater to the incredibly rich of the nation and sightseers. Up till recently, there was a very large tourist business, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected conflict have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, 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 only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has diminished by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has arisen, it is not known how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will be alive until conditions get better is basically unknown.
