The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might imagine that there might be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a higher ambition to play, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For the majority of the people subsisting on the tiny nearby wages, there are two popular styles of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of profiting are remarkably tiny, but then the winnings are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that the majority don’t purchase a ticket with a real assumption of winning. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the English soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pander to the exceedingly rich of the society and travelers. Until a short time ago, there was a very big tourist industry, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated crime have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has come about, it isn’t known how well the sightseeing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on till things get better is simply unknown.
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