The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might imagine that there might be little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be operating the other way, with the critical market conditions creating a larger ambition to bet, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For almost all of the locals subsisting on the tiny nearby money, there are 2 common types of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are remarkably small, but then the prizes are also remarkably big. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that most don’t buy a card with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the United Kingston football leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, mollycoddle the astonishingly rich of the society and travelers. Up until not long ago, there was a very big sightseeing business, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected violence have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has shrunk by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has come about, it isn’t known how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive until conditions improve is merely unknown.
