The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there would be little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the critical market conditions leading to a larger desire to bet, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way from the situation.
For many of the locals subsisting on the meager nearby earnings, there are two common styles of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the chances of succeeding are surprisingly low, but then the winnings are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the subject that the majority don’t buy a card with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the UK football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the astonishingly rich of the state and travelers. Up till a short time ago, there was a considerably big sightseeing industry, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated violence have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two 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 only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has diminished by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has resulted, it isn’t well-known how healthy the vacationing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will carry on until things improve is simply not known.
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