The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may think that there might be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic circumstances creating a bigger eagerness to bet, to attempt to find a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For most of the people subsisting on the meager local money, there are 2 dominant forms of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of hitting are remarkably tiny, but then the jackpots are also extremely high. It’s been said by economists who study the idea that many don’t buy a ticket with a real expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the domestic or the British football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, look after the considerably rich of the country and tourists. Until not long ago, there was a exceptionally big vacationing business, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected violence have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. 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 poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has arisen, it is not known how well the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry on until conditions improve is merely unknown.