The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there would be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the awful market circumstances creating a higher ambition to bet, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For most of the locals living on the abysmal nearby wages, there are 2 dominant forms of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are unbelievably low, but then the prizes are also very large. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the subject that most don’t buy a card with the rational belief of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the UK football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, mollycoddle the considerably rich of the country and sightseers. Until not long ago, there was a considerably substantial tourist industry, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected crime have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, 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 Casino, which has only slot machines. 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 contain table games, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and crime that has come about, it is not well-known how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will be alive until conditions get better is simply not known.
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