The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you might imagine that there might be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be working the other way around, with the critical market circumstances creating a greater eagerness to bet, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way from the problems.
For almost all of the locals surviving on the meager local earnings, there are 2 dominant forms of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the chances of succeeding are remarkably small, but then the jackpots are also remarkably high. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the situation that most do not buy a ticket with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the UK football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, look after the exceedingly rich of the country and tourists. Until a short time ago, there was a considerably substantial vacationing industry, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated 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 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has deflated by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has resulted, it is not well-known how well the sightseeing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry through until conditions improve is simply not known.