The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may think that there would be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be functioning the other way, with the atrocious market conditions leading to a greater eagerness to gamble, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the difficulty.
For nearly all of the citizens living on the abysmal nearby money, there are two established forms of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of profiting are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also remarkably big. It’s been said by economists who study the idea that most do not buy a ticket with an actual expectation of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the United Kingston football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the astonishingly rich of the country and travelers. Until recently, there was a very substantial vacationing business, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected conflict have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two 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 slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has shrunk by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has come to pass, it isn’t well-known how well the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive till conditions improve is simply not known.