The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you may think that there might be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be functioning the other way, with the awful economic conditions leading to a higher desire to play, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For almost all of the citizens subsisting on the meager local money, there are 2 popular types of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the odds of profiting are unbelievably small, but then the winnings are also remarkably high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that the lion’s share don’t purchase a card with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is built on either the local or the UK football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, look after the very rich of the country and tourists. Up until recently, there was a extremely big sightseeing industry, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected conflict have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only 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 pair of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has cropped up, it is not well-known how healthy the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will survive till conditions get better is simply not known.
