The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might imagine that there might be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be working the other way, with the atrocious market conditions leading to a higher desire to wager, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the problems.
For many of the locals surviving on the tiny nearby money, there are two common types of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the odds of winning are extremely low, but then the prizes are also very big. It’s been said by financial experts who study the subject that most do not purchase a card with a real expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, mollycoddle the extremely rich of the country and vacationers. Until not long ago, there was a incredibly substantial sightseeing business, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated conflict have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has deflated by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has resulted, it isn’t understood how well the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will be alive till conditions get better is simply unknown.