Zimbabwe Casinos
The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could envision that there might be little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be working the opposite way, with the crucial market conditions leading to a higher eagerness to bet, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For nearly all of the locals subsisting on the meager nearby wages, there are two dominant styles of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the chances of hitting are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also remarkably large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that most do not buy a ticket with a real expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the local or the English soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, cater to the extremely rich of the state and vacationers. Up until recently, there was a considerably substantial tourist industry, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated violence have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. 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, both of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has diminished by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has cropped up, it isn’t well-known how healthy the vacationing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry through until conditions improve is basically not known.