The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the crucial economic conditions creating a greater desire to gamble, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For almost all of the people surviving on the abysmal nearby wages, there are two dominant forms of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of winning are remarkably low, but then the prizes are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by economists who understand the situation that many do not purchase a ticket with an actual belief of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the British football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pander to the very rich of the state and vacationers. Until recently, there was a very large vacationing industry, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected crime have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming tables, slots 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 video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has diminished by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has arisen, it isn’t known how well the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around until things improve is basically not known.
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