The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might think that there might be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be functioning the other way, with the critical market conditions leading to a greater desire to bet, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For nearly all of the locals subsisting on the abysmal local wages, there are two popular styles of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the odds of hitting are surprisingly small, but then the prizes are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the concept that the lion’s share don’t buy a ticket with an actual assumption of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the UK soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, cater to the astonishingly rich of the nation and tourists. Until a short time ago, there was a extremely large vacationing industry, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated conflict 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 one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably 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 economy has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has resulted, it isn’t known how healthy the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry through until things get better is merely unknown.
