The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you may envision that there would be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be functioning the other way around, with the atrocious economic circumstances leading to a bigger desire to gamble, to attempt to find a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For the majority of the locals living on the meager local money, there are 2 common forms of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the odds of profiting are extremely tiny, but then the prizes are also remarkably big. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the concept that the lion’s share do not purchase a card with an actual assumption of hitting. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the English soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pamper the incredibly rich of the state and tourists. Up until not long ago, there was a considerably large tourist industry, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected conflict 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 5 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 has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer table games, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has contracted by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has cropped up, it is not understood how healthy the vacationing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around till conditions improve is merely unknown.
