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The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you might imagine that there might be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the desperate market conditions creating a greater eagerness to play, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For many of the people surviving on the abysmal local earnings, there are two common styles of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are extremely small, but then the prizes are also extremely large. It’s been said by economists who look at the concept that many don’t purchase a card with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is built on either the local or the English football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, pander to the considerably rich of the nation and tourists. Until a short while ago, there was a very large tourist industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated violence have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. 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, the pair of which have table games, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has deflated by more than forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has come to pass, it isn’t known how well the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around until things improve is simply not known.
