The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there would be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be functioning the other way, with the awful economic conditions creating a larger eagerness to play, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way from the problems.
For the majority of the locals subsisting on the tiny local wages, there are two established forms of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the chances of profiting are surprisingly small, but then the winnings are also very high. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that many don’t buy a ticket with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is based on either the national or the British football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pamper the considerably rich of the society and travelers. Until recently, there was a extremely substantial vacationing industry, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated crime have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 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 slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming tables, 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 halls and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has contracted by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has come to pass, it isn’t well-known how healthy the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around till conditions get better is basically not known.
