The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there might be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be operating the other way, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a greater ambition to gamble, to try and find a quick win, a way from the situation.
For many of the locals living on the meager nearby money, there are two common styles of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of profiting are remarkably low, but then the prizes are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by economists who study the concept that most don’t buy a ticket with a real assumption of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the English soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the country and vacationers. Up till a short time ago, there was a extremely large vacationing business, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected violence have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. 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, the pair of which offer table games, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has diminished by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and violence that has resulted, it is not known how well the vacationing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry through until things improve is merely not known.
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