The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there might be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be operating the opposite way, with the desperate economic circumstances leading to a bigger desire to play, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For the majority of the locals surviving on the abysmal local earnings, there are 2 dominant forms of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of winning are remarkably low, but then the prizes are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by financial experts who study the concept that the lion’s share do not purchase a card with an actual belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the United Kingston football leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, cater to the incredibly rich of the state and sightseers. Until not long ago, there was a considerably large tourist business, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated conflict have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has deflated by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and violence that has resulted, it is not known how well the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive until things get better is simply unknown.
