The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you may imagine that there might be very little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be operating the opposite way, with the desperate economic conditions creating a larger eagerness to play, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For the majority of the locals living on the meager local wages, there are two established types of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are unbelievably low, but then the prizes are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the subject that most do not buy a card with the rational expectation of profiting. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the English football divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, mollycoddle the extremely rich of the society and vacationers. Up till a short time ago, there was a very substantial sightseeing industry, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated crime have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machine games. 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 offer table games, slots 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 slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has contracted by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has resulted, it is not understood how healthy the vacationing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around till things improve is simply unknown.
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