The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there might be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the critical market conditions leading to a bigger desire to play, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For many of the people living on the tiny local wages, there are two common forms of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of hitting are unbelievably tiny, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the situation that most don’t purchase a card with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the British football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pander to the considerably rich of the nation and tourists. Up till a short time ago, there was a extremely big sightseeing business, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated violence have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has resulted, it is not well-known how well the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will still be around till things get better is basically not known.