The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might envision that there might be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be operating the other way, with the desperate economic circumstances creating a bigger eagerness to gamble, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For almost all of the locals surviving on the tiny local earnings, there are two common forms of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the chances of hitting are surprisingly low, but then the jackpots are also extremely large. It’s been said by economists who look at the concept that the lion’s share do not purchase a ticket with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pander to the extremely rich of the nation and vacationers. Up until recently, there was a considerably big sightseeing industry, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated crime have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has deflated by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has cropped up, it is not understood how well the sightseeing business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will survive till things improve is basically not known.
