The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you might imagine that there might be little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be operating the other way, with the desperate market circumstances leading to a larger desire to bet, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way from the situation.
For nearly all of the locals surviving on the meager local earnings, there are two popular types of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the chances of winning are extremely small, but then the winnings are also remarkably big. It’s been said by economists who look at the concept that most do not purchase a ticket with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the British football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pamper the astonishingly rich of the nation and tourists. Until a short while ago, there was a considerably substantial vacationing industry, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated violence have carved into this market.
Among 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 hall, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has shrunk by more than forty percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has come to pass, it isn’t well-known how healthy the sightseeing business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will carry through until things get better is basically not known.
