The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you might think that there might be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be working the opposite way, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a larger ambition to gamble, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For the majority of the people living on the abysmal nearby money, there are 2 popular forms of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the subject that many do not purchase a ticket with an actual assumption of profiting. Zimbet is centered on one of the national or the British football divisions and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, look after the very rich of the state and travelers. Until not long ago, there was a very substantial tourist business, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected crime have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. 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, both of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has arisen, it isn’t well-known how healthy the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will be alive till conditions improve is merely not known.
