The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you might imagine that there would be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic circumstances creating a greater desire to play, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For most of the locals surviving on the meager local wages, there are 2 dominant types of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the odds of succeeding are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also remarkably high. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the concept that most do not purchase a card with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the UK soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, cater to the considerably rich of the state and travelers. Up until recently, there was a very substantial vacationing business, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected bloodshed have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 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 slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming tables, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has shrunk by more than forty percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has cropped up, it isn’t well-known how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will survive till things get better is basically unknown.
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