The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there might be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be operating the opposite way around, with the awful market circumstances leading to a greater ambition to bet, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For many of the locals subsisting on the tiny nearby wages, there are two common styles of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of profiting are surprisingly small, but then the jackpots are also remarkably large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that the majority do not purchase a card with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the English soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, cater to the very rich of the country and tourists. Until recently, there was a incredibly large tourist business, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated conflict have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has deflated by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has resulted, it isn’t known how healthy the tourist industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry on till things improve is merely unknown.