The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could imagine that there would be little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be operating the other way around, with the desperate market conditions creating a greater desire to play, to attempt to find a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For many of the locals surviving on the meager local money, there are 2 common forms of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the odds of hitting are remarkably small, but then the jackpots are also very high. It’s been said by financial experts who study the idea that most do not buy a card with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the United Kingston football divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pander to the incredibly rich of the nation and vacationers. Up till a short time ago, there was a exceptionally substantial tourist business, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market 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 one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machines. 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 two of which offer table games, slots 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 tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has contracted by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has come to pass, it isn’t known how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on till conditions get better is simply unknown.