The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could envision that there would be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be working the other way around, with the crucial economic conditions leading to a greater eagerness to gamble, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the situation.
For most of the citizens subsisting on the abysmal nearby money, there are 2 dominant forms of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the chances of hitting are surprisingly low, but then the winnings are also extremely large. It’s been said by market analysts who study the situation that many do not buy a card with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the UK soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, cater to the very rich of the society and tourists. Until a short time ago, there was a considerably big tourist industry, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated crime have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 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 only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has come about, it is not well-known how well the vacationing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry through until things get better is basically not known.
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