Zimbabwe Casinos
The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there would be little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be working the opposite way, with the desperate market conditions creating a higher desire to bet, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For most of the citizens surviving on the tiny nearby wages, there are 2 common styles of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of profiting are extremely tiny, but then the prizes are also remarkably high. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that most don’t buy a card with an actual expectation of profiting. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the United Kingston football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, pamper the very rich of the state and travelers. Until a short time ago, there was a very big vacationing industry, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated conflict have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, 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 slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two 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 offer gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has deflated by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has come to pass, it isn’t known how healthy the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry on until things get better is simply unknown.