The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you may envision that there might be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the desperate market conditions leading to a greater eagerness to wager, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For nearly all of the locals surviving on the meager local wages, there are 2 popular styles of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the chances of succeeding are extremely low, but then the prizes are also remarkably large. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that many do not purchase a ticket with an actual expectation of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the UK football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the considerably rich of the country and vacationers. Until recently, there was a very big tourist industry, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated violence have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slots. 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 pair of which offer table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has deflated by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has cropped up, it isn’t well-known how healthy the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will still be around till things get better is simply not known.
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