The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might think that there might be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be operating the opposite way, with the desperate economic circumstances creating a bigger eagerness to bet, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For the majority of the people surviving on the tiny local money, there are 2 common styles of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are surprisingly low, but then the prizes are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by economists who understand the situation that most don’t buy a card with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the United Kingston football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pamper the incredibly rich of the country and travelers. Up until a short while ago, there was a considerably substantial tourist business, 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 one armed bandits, 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 has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has contracted by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has arisen, it isn’t known how healthy the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will survive till conditions improve is merely unknown.
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