The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you may imagine that there would be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the desperate market circumstances leading to a higher desire to wager, to try and locate a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For many of the people surviving on the meager nearby earnings, there are 2 dominant types of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of succeeding are surprisingly small, but then the prizes are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by economists who look at the situation that many do not buy a ticket with an actual belief of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the UK football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, look after the very rich of the state and travelers. Up till a short time ago, there was a considerably substantial vacationing industry, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected violence have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has deflated by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has come to pass, it is not well-known how healthy the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around until conditions get better is basically unknown.