The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there might be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the crucial economic circumstances leading to a higher ambition to gamble, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For many of the people surviving on the abysmal nearby wages, there are two common forms of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the chances of succeeding are remarkably tiny, but then the prizes are also very large. It’s been said by market analysts who study the idea that many don’t purchase a ticket with the rational belief of hitting. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the English soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, pamper the astonishingly rich of the state and tourists. Up till not long ago, there was a considerably big vacationing industry, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected conflict have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has contracted by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and crime that has come about, it is not understood how well the vacationing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive until conditions get better is simply unknown.
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