The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may imagine that there might be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be working the other way, with the atrocious market conditions leading to a higher ambition to bet, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For most of the people surviving on the meager local money, there are 2 established types of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the chances of winning are surprisingly small, but then the winnings are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the situation that many don’t purchase a ticket with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the United Kingston football divisions and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the very rich of the state and tourists. Up until recently, there was a exceptionally substantial sightseeing business, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected 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 five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has contracted by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has come to pass, it isn’t understood how well the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive until conditions get better is simply unknown.
