The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be functioning the other way, with the desperate market conditions creating a larger eagerness to play, to try and find a fast win, a way from the problems.
For almost all of the locals surviving on the abysmal local wages, there are two established types of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the chances of winning are unbelievably small, but then the winnings are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that most do not purchase a card with an actual assumption of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the United Kingston football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, pamper the incredibly rich of the state and sightseers. Until recently, there was a very big tourist business, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected violence have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, 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 hall, which has just the slot machines. 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 contain table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and violence that has arisen, it isn’t understood how well the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry through till things get better is merely not known.
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