The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could think that there would be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be working the other way around, with the crucial market circumstances leading to a greater desire to gamble, to try and locate a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For the majority of the locals living on the meager local money, there are two common styles of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the chances of succeeding are surprisingly tiny, but then the winnings are also very high. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that many don’t buy a ticket with a real expectation of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pamper the extremely rich of the society and sightseers. Up until a short while ago, there was a incredibly substantial sightseeing business, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated violence have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has deflated by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has come about, it is not understood how well the vacationing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry through till things improve is simply unknown.
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