The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you might think that there would be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the crucial economic conditions leading to a bigger eagerness to play, to try and find a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For most of the locals living on the meager nearby wages, there are two popular types of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the odds of winning are extremely small, but then the jackpots are also very high. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the concept that most don’t buy a ticket with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the local or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pamper the extremely rich of the country and vacationers. Up till a short while ago, there was a considerably substantial sightseeing industry, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected bloodshed have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain gaming tables, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has cropped up, it is not well-known how well the vacationing business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry through till things get better is simply unknown.
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