The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might think that there would be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be functioning the other way, with the desperate economic circumstances creating a larger desire to wager, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For almost all of the citizens surviving on the abysmal local money, there are two established styles of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of hitting are unbelievably tiny, but then the prizes are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the subject that the majority don’t buy a ticket with an actual belief of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the UK soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, pamper the incredibly rich of the society and travelers. Up till a short while ago, there was a considerably large sightseeing business, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected crime have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 gambling hall, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain 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 offer slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has diminished by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and crime that has arisen, it is not understood how healthy the vacationing business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will survive till conditions get better is simply unknown.