The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you may imagine that there might be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be operating the other way, with the awful market conditions creating a greater desire to play, to try and find a quick win, a way from the problems.
For many of the citizens subsisting on the abysmal nearby wages, there are two common types of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the odds of profiting are surprisingly small, but then the prizes are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by economists who look at the idea that many don’t purchase a card with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the United Kingston football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, look after the very rich of the country and sightseers. Up until a short while ago, there was a extremely big sightseeing industry, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated bloodshed have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has diminished by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has arisen, it is not known how healthy the vacationing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive till conditions improve is basically not known.
