The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may imagine that there would be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the crucial economic conditions creating a higher eagerness to gamble, to attempt to find a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For many of the people living on the meager nearby wages, there are two established types of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the chances of profiting are surprisingly tiny, but then the winnings are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that the majority do not purchase a card with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the United Kingston football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, cater to the exceedingly rich of the nation and sightseers. Up until not long ago, there was a considerably substantial vacationing business, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated violence have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 den, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has resulted, it is not known how healthy the tourist industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will survive till things get better is merely not known.
