The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might think that there would be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be operating the opposite way around, with the desperate market conditions leading to a greater desire to gamble, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For most of the locals surviving on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 common styles of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the chances of profiting are surprisingly low, but then the winnings are also extremely large. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the subject that many don’t buy a card with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the English soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, look after the extremely rich of the society and vacationers. Up till recently, there was a incredibly large sightseeing industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated violence have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer table games, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has deflated by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and crime that has cropped up, it is not known how healthy the vacationing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry on until conditions get better is merely unknown.
