The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may envision that there might be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be operating the opposite way, with the awful market circumstances creating a bigger ambition to bet, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For the majority of the locals subsisting on the abysmal local money, there are 2 popular forms of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of succeeding are surprisingly tiny, but then the winnings are also remarkably high. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the situation that the majority don’t buy a ticket with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the United Kingston football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pander to the exceedingly rich of the state and travelers. Until recently, there was a considerably large vacationing industry, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected bloodshed have cut 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 one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has resulted, it isn’t understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around till things improve is basically unknown.
