The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might imagine that there might be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be working the other way around, with the awful economic circumstances creating a greater eagerness to bet, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For the majority of the people surviving on the tiny local earnings, there are 2 popular types of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the odds of profiting are unbelievably small, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the subject that the lion’s share don’t buy a ticket with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the British football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, look after the considerably rich of the society and sightseers. Up until a short while ago, there was a exceptionally substantial vacationing industry, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated crime have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has contracted by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and violence that has resulted, it isn’t well-known how healthy the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry on till things improve is merely not known.
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