The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be operating the opposite way, with the crucial economic circumstances leading to a higher eagerness to bet, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the situation.
For the majority of the citizens subsisting on the abysmal local money, there are two common types of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are extremely tiny, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the subject that the lion’s share do not buy a ticket with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pander to the exceedingly rich of the country and travelers. Until recently, there was a very substantial tourist business, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected bloodshed have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, 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 only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has shrunk by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and crime that has resulted, it is not known how well the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry through till things improve is merely not known.