The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might imagine that there would be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be working the other way, with the atrocious market conditions creating a higher eagerness to play, to attempt to find a quick win, a way from the situation.
For most of the locals living on the meager local wages, there are 2 established forms of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of succeeding are extremely small, but then the winnings are also remarkably large. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the subject that many do not buy a ticket with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the UK soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, cater to the incredibly rich of the society and sightseers. Until not long ago, there was a considerably big vacationing business, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated bloodshed have carved into this market.
Among 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 Casino, 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 contain table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has deflated by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has arisen, it isn’t well-known how healthy the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around till conditions get better is merely not known.