The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could imagine that there would be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be working the other way around, with the atrocious market circumstances creating a larger ambition to bet, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the difficulty.
For nearly all of the locals living on the meager nearby money, there are two popular forms of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are surprisingly small, but then the winnings are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the concept that many don’t buy a ticket with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the UK football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, look after the exceedingly rich of the country and vacationers. Up till not long ago, there was a incredibly large vacationing industry, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated violence have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming tables, slots 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 offer gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above 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.
Seeing as that the economy has diminished by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has cropped up, it is not understood how healthy the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will still be around until conditions get better is basically not known.
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