The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may imagine that there might be very little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the desperate market conditions leading to a greater desire to gamble, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For most of the people subsisting on the tiny local money, there are 2 dominant forms of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the chances of profiting are extremely tiny, but then the winnings are also remarkably high. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the situation that most don’t purchase a card with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is based on either the national or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the astonishingly rich of the state and tourists. Up until a short time ago, there was a exceptionally substantial sightseeing industry, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected crime 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 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machines. 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 table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has deflated by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has arisen, it isn’t known how healthy the vacationing business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry on until conditions get better is basically unknown.