The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be operating the other way around, with the critical economic circumstances leading to a larger ambition to gamble, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For many of the citizens living on the abysmal local earnings, there are two popular types of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of winning are remarkably low, but then the winnings are also remarkably big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the subject that many do not buy a card with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the British soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the very rich of the society and sightseers. Until a short while ago, there was a very large sightseeing business, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected crime have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, 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 table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 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 market has diminished by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has arisen, it isn’t understood how well the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry through until things improve is merely unknown.
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