The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you might think that there would be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the critical market circumstances creating a bigger eagerness to wager, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For the majority of the locals surviving on the abysmal local money, there are 2 popular types of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of winning are remarkably low, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that many don’t buy a card with the rational belief of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the British football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, cater to the extremely rich of the nation and tourists. Until recently, there was a considerably large sightseeing industry, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated crime have cut 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 slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slots. 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, the two 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, the two of which offer gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has cropped up, it isn’t understood how well the vacationing business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will still be around until things improve is simply not known.
