The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might think that there would be little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be working the other way, with the crucial market circumstances leading to a higher desire to wager, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the problems.
For most of the people living on the abysmal local earnings, there are 2 dominant types of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the odds of winning are surprisingly low, but then the prizes are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the concept that the majority don’t buy a ticket with an actual assumption of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the local or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, mollycoddle the very rich of the society and tourists. Up till recently, there was a considerably big sightseeing industry, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated crime have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has contracted by more than forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has come about, it isn’t understood how healthy the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will still be around until conditions improve is simply unknown.
