The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you might envision that there would be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the critical market conditions leading to a greater desire to play, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the problems.
For almost all of the people subsisting on the tiny local earnings, there are two established forms of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of succeeding are unbelievably low, but then the prizes are also remarkably large. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the situation that the lion’s share do not buy a card with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pamper the exceedingly rich of the society and tourists. Up till recently, there was a considerably large sightseeing business, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated conflict have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by more than forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has come to pass, it isn’t understood how well the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive till things get better is simply unknown.
