The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might imagine that there might be little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the awful market circumstances leading to a greater eagerness to play, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the situation.
For the majority of the locals living on the tiny local wages, there are 2 common styles of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are surprisingly low, but then the prizes are also very big. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the idea that most do not buy a ticket with a real assumption of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the UK football leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, cater to the considerably rich of the country and travelers. Until a short time ago, there was a very substantial tourist industry, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated crime have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has deflated by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has come about, it isn’t known how well the vacationing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will survive till things improve is merely unknown.
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