The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might imagine that there might be very little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be operating the other way around, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a higher eagerness to bet, to attempt to find a fast win, a way from the situation.
For almost all of the people surviving on the meager nearby wages, there are two established forms of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the odds of hitting are unbelievably tiny, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the idea that many don’t buy a ticket with a real belief of hitting. Zimbet is centered on one of the national or the English soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, cater to the incredibly rich of the nation and sightseers. Up till a short time ago, there was a very big vacationing industry, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated crime have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, 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 have table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has come about, it isn’t understood how healthy the vacationing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around till things improve is merely not known.
