The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there would be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be operating the opposite way, with the awful economic conditions creating a bigger ambition to play, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For the majority of the people surviving on the abysmal nearby money, there are 2 popular forms of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of profiting are extremely low, but then the prizes are also very large. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the concept that the lion’s share do not buy a ticket with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the United Kingston football leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, mollycoddle the exceedingly rich of the country and tourists. Up till a short time ago, there was a very large vacationing industry, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated violence have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have table games, 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 offer slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has arisen, it isn’t understood how healthy the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry on until conditions get better is basically unknown.
