The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there would be very little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the critical market conditions leading to a bigger ambition to wager, to attempt to find a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For nearly all of the citizens living on the meager nearby wages, there are two common types of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of hitting are surprisingly low, but then the jackpots are also extremely high. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the idea that many do not buy a card with the rational belief of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the national or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, cater to the incredibly rich of the state and tourists. Until recently, there was a incredibly big sightseeing industry, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated bloodshed have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has cropped up, it is not understood how well the vacationing business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will survive until conditions get better is simply not known.
