The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you could envision that there would be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be working the opposite way, with the atrocious market circumstances creating a larger desire to bet, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For almost all of the citizens subsisting on the tiny nearby money, there are two common types of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the chances of succeeding are remarkably tiny, but then the winnings are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that the majority do not buy a ticket with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on either the national or the English soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the exceedingly rich of the country and tourists. Up until recently, there was a incredibly large sightseeing industry, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected violence have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only 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, the two of which contain table games, slots and video 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 blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has deflated by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and crime that has resulted, it is not well-known how well the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry through until conditions improve is merely not known.
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