The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you might imagine that there would be little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the crucial economic conditions leading to a bigger desire to play, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For almost all of the citizens subsisting on the abysmal local wages, there are two common forms of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the chances of hitting are remarkably tiny, but then the winnings are also remarkably large. It’s been said by economists who understand the situation that the majority don’t purchase a card with a real assumption of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the English soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pander to the very rich of the society and sightseers. Up till recently, there was a exceptionally substantial tourist industry, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected violence have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the 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 pair of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has resulted, it isn’t understood how well the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will carry through till things improve is simply not known.
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