The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might think that there would be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be operating the opposite way, with the atrocious market circumstances creating a larger desire to play, to attempt to find a fast win, a way from the problems.
For the majority of the citizens subsisting on the tiny nearby earnings, there are 2 dominant types of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the chances of hitting are extremely small, but then the jackpots are also extremely large. It’s been said by financial experts who study the subject that the majority do not purchase a ticket with the rational assumption of hitting. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the United Kingston football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, look after the considerably rich of the country and tourists. Up till not long ago, there was a very substantial tourist business, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated crime have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has diminished by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and violence that has arisen, it is not understood how healthy the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will survive until things get better is simply not known.
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