The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could envision that there might be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be working the other way, with the desperate economic conditions creating a bigger desire to gamble, to attempt to find a quick win, a way from the situation.
For nearly all of the people surviving on the abysmal local money, there are 2 dominant types of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of hitting are extremely small, but then the winnings are also extremely large. It’s been said by economists who understand the situation that many don’t buy a ticket with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, cater to the astonishingly rich of the country and tourists. Until recently, there was a incredibly substantial vacationing business, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated conflict have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has come about, it is not known how well the sightseeing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around till conditions get better is merely not known.