The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you might think that there would be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the atrocious market conditions leading to a higher eagerness to bet, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For most of the locals surviving on the tiny local money, there are two established styles of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the odds of profiting are extremely tiny, but then the prizes are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the situation that most don’t purchase a ticket with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is based on either the domestic or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, mollycoddle the very rich of the nation and sightseers. Until recently, there was a extremely big tourist industry, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected violence have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, 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 just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has come about, it is not understood how well the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will be alive till things improve is simply not known.
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