The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may think that there would be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the desperate economic circumstances leading to a larger desire to bet, to try and find a fast win, a way from the difficulty.
For the majority of the locals subsisting on the meager local money, there are two common forms of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the odds of profiting are extremely low, but then the winnings are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by economists who understand the subject that the majority do not purchase a ticket with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, cater to the very rich of the state and travelers. Until recently, there was a incredibly substantial sightseeing industry, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated conflict have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has deflated by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and crime that has come to pass, it isn’t well-known how well the vacationing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will survive till things get better is basically unknown.
