The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could imagine that there would be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the desperate economic circumstances leading to a bigger desire to play, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For many of the locals subsisting on the meager nearby earnings, there are 2 dominant types of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of winning are remarkably low, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by economists who look at the idea that the lion’s share don’t purchase a card with a real assumption of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the UK soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, pamper the astonishingly rich of the nation and sightseers. Up until not long ago, there was a extremely substantial sightseeing business, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated violence have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machines. 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, the pair of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits 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 gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has contracted by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and crime that has arisen, it is not well-known how well the vacationing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will survive till things get better is basically unknown.
