The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you might imagine that there might be little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the awful economic circumstances creating a higher eagerness to bet, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For most of the locals living on the abysmal nearby money, there are two common styles of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of profiting are unbelievably tiny, but then the prizes are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by economists who study the subject that many do not buy a ticket with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the domestic or the UK football leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, cater to the astonishingly rich of the country and sightseers. Until not long ago, there was a extremely big vacationing business, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected conflict 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 gambling hall, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has shrunk by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has come to pass, it is not well-known how well the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around until conditions improve is basically unknown.
