The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might imagine that there would be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be operating the opposite way, with the atrocious market circumstances leading to a greater desire to bet, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For the majority of the people surviving on the tiny local earnings, there are two established forms of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of hitting are extremely tiny, but then the jackpots are also extremely big. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the situation that many do not purchase a ticket with a real expectation of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the United Kingston football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, pander to the considerably rich of the society and travelers. Up until not long ago, there was a extremely substantial tourist business, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected conflict have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, 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, both of which contain table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has deflated by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and crime that has come about, it isn’t known how healthy the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive till things improve is basically unknown.