The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you may imagine that there would be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the awful market conditions leading to a higher desire to play, to try and locate a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For most of the locals surviving on the meager nearby wages, there are two common types of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of winning are extremely tiny, but then the winnings are also remarkably big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the situation that many do not purchase a ticket with an actual expectation of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the national or the UK soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pamper the incredibly rich of the society and vacationers. Until a short time ago, there was a very large sightseeing business, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected crime 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 gambling den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has contracted by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has come about, it is not well-known how healthy the vacationing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around till things improve is merely not known.
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