The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might envision that there would be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the critical market conditions creating a bigger ambition to play, to try and locate a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For many of the people subsisting on the meager local money, there are 2 established forms of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the chances of hitting are extremely small, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the idea that many don’t purchase a ticket with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the domestic or the English football leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, pander to the astonishingly rich of the state and vacationers. Until not long ago, there was a very big vacationing business, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated conflict 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 slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously alluded to 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 second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and crime that has resulted, it isn’t understood how healthy the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will still be around until things improve is basically not known.