Zimbabwe gambling halls
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 desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be functioning the opposite way, with the critical economic circumstances leading to a higher desire to bet, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For the majority of the locals surviving on the abysmal local earnings, there are two dominant forms of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the odds of hitting are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also very big. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the concept that the majority don’t buy a card with a real assumption of hitting. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the English soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, mollycoddle the astonishingly rich of the country and travelers. Up till a short time ago, there was a very substantial sightseeing industry, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated bloodshed have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two 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 slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain table games, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has resulted, it is not known how well the vacationing business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will carry through till conditions get better is merely unknown.
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