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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could envision that there would be little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be working the opposite way, with the awful economic circumstances leading to a greater eagerness to bet, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For nearly all of the locals living on the meager nearby money, there are two established types of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the chances of succeeding are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also remarkably big. It’s been said by economists who study the subject that many don’t purchase a card with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the United Kingston football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, cater to the astonishingly rich of the society and tourists. Until a short while ago, there was a extremely big vacationing industry, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated violence have cut 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 hall, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has come to pass, it isn’t well-known how healthy the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around till conditions improve is merely unknown.
