The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you might think that there would be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic circumstances leading to a bigger desire to gamble, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For many of the citizens subsisting on the meager nearby money, there are two common types of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the odds of succeeding are extremely small, but then the prizes are also very large. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the subject that the majority do not buy a card with an actual expectation of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the English football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pander to the astonishingly rich of the country and tourists. Up till a short while ago, there was a very large sightseeing business, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated crime have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 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 only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming tables, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has contracted by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has come about, it isn’t well-known how healthy the vacationing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will survive until conditions improve is merely unknown.
