The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may imagine that there might be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a greater eagerness to wager, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the problems.
For the majority of the people surviving on the meager nearby money, there are two dominant styles of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the chances of winning are unbelievably tiny, but then the jackpots are also remarkably large. It’s been said by economists who understand the situation that most don’t buy a ticket with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the United Kingston football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, cater to the extremely rich of the country and sightseers. Up till a short time ago, there was a extremely large sightseeing industry, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated crime have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only 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, the pair of which contain gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has deflated by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has come to pass, it is not understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around till conditions improve is basically not known.