The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there would be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the other way, with the crucial market circumstances creating a bigger eagerness to play, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For almost all of the locals surviving on the abysmal local wages, there are two established styles of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the chances of succeeding are remarkably tiny, but then the prizes are also remarkably high. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the idea that the lion’s share do not buy a card with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the domestic or the British football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pamper the incredibly rich of the state and sightseers. Up till recently, there was a extremely large tourist industry, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated crime have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, 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 machine games. 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, 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 offer slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has shrunk by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has come to pass, it is not known how healthy the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry through till things get better is basically unknown.
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