The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might imagine that there would be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be functioning the other way, with the awful economic circumstances leading to a greater eagerness to play, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the problems.
For nearly all of the citizens surviving on the tiny local money, there are 2 popular styles of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are extremely low, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the idea that most don’t purchase a ticket with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the domestic or the English soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, cater to the exceedingly rich of the country and sightseers. Up until a short time ago, there was a very big tourist business, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected bloodshed have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, 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 just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming tables, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has come about, it isn’t well-known how well the vacationing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will be alive till conditions improve is basically not known.
