The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you may think that there might be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be working the other way around, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a larger desire to play, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For nearly all of the citizens surviving on the abysmal local money, there are 2 dominant forms of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the odds of winning are surprisingly low, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the subject that the majority don’t buy a card with an actual belief of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the national or the British football leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, look after the very rich of the society and sightseers. Up until not long ago, there was a very big sightseeing business, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated conflict have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has come about, it is not known how well the vacationing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will be alive till things get better is simply not known.
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