The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be very little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be working the opposite way, with the critical market circumstances leading to a bigger desire to wager, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For most of the people living on the meager nearby money, there are two common styles of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are remarkably low, but then the winnings are also extremely large. It’s been said by market analysts who study the idea that many do not purchase a card with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, look after the very rich of the state and tourists. Until not long ago, there was a considerably substantial tourist industry, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated crime have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 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 just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have table games, 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 offer slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has deflated by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and violence that has come about, it is not known how well the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around till things improve is merely not known.
