The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could think that there would be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be operating the other way around, with the crucial market circumstances leading to a larger eagerness to bet, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For most of the people surviving on the meager local money, there are 2 established types of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the chances of winning are unbelievably tiny, but then the jackpots are also extremely large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that the majority don’t buy a ticket with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the UK football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the very rich of the nation and sightseers. Up till recently, there was a extremely large vacationing business, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected crime have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer table games, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has contracted by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and crime that has arisen, it is not well-known how healthy the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry through until things get better is basically unknown.
