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The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could think that there might be very little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the critical economic conditions leading to a greater desire to gamble, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the problems.
For many of the locals living on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 dominant types of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the odds of profiting are remarkably low, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by economists who look at the idea that most do not purchase a ticket with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the English soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, pander to the considerably rich of the nation and tourists. Until recently, there was a very large sightseeing business, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected bloodshed have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has come to pass, it is not understood how healthy the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive until things improve is merely not known.
