The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may imagine that there would be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a greater eagerness to gamble, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For nearly all of the locals subsisting on the tiny nearby money, there are two common types of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of hitting are remarkably tiny, but then the prizes are also very large. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that many do not purchase a card with an actual expectation of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, look after the astonishingly rich of the country and sightseers. Up until a short time ago, there was a very big sightseeing industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated crime have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, 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, both of which contain gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has come about, it is not well-known how healthy the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will survive till things get better is basically unknown.
