The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you could think that there would be little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the desperate economic circumstances creating a larger eagerness to bet, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For the majority of the people living on the tiny nearby earnings, there are 2 established styles of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of succeeding are surprisingly small, but then the winnings are also extremely high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that many do not purchase a card with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on either the national or the British football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pamper the very rich of the state and travelers. Up till not long ago, there was a very substantial tourist business, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated violence have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has contracted by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has come to pass, it is not known how well the vacationing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will survive until conditions improve is simply unknown.
