The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you might imagine that there might be little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the crucial economic circumstances leading to a greater eagerness to play, to attempt to find a fast win, a way from the problems.
For most of the citizens living on the meager local earnings, there are two established styles of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the odds of profiting are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by economists who look at the situation that the majority do not purchase a card with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, cater to the incredibly rich of the state and tourists. Up until a short time ago, there was a incredibly big tourist business, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected bloodshed have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 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 only slot machines. 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 two of which offer gaming tables, 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 have video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has come about, it isn’t well-known how well the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will survive until things improve is basically unknown.
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