The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you might think that there would be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be working the other way around, with the crucial market circumstances creating a higher ambition to gamble, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the situation.
For many of the citizens surviving on the tiny nearby wages, there are two established styles of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the odds of profiting are unbelievably low, but then the winnings are also extremely large. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the subject that many do not buy a ticket with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the UK soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the state and sightseers. Until recently, there was a considerably large tourist business, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated conflict have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, 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 offer table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably 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.
Since the economy has deflated by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has come about, it is not understood how healthy the vacationing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around until things improve is basically unknown.
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