The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you might think that there might be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the critical market conditions creating a bigger ambition to play, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the problems.
For the majority of the citizens living on the meager local earnings, there are 2 established forms of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the chances of profiting are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also remarkably big. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the subject that many don’t buy a card with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the extremely rich of the nation and sightseers. Up till recently, there was a very substantial tourist business, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected conflict have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has shrunk by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and violence that has arisen, it isn’t known how healthy the vacationing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry through until conditions get better is merely not known.