The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might imagine that there would be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the desperate economic circumstances creating a greater ambition to bet, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For almost all of the citizens living on the meager nearby money, there are two common types of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the odds of winning are remarkably low, but then the winnings are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that the majority don’t purchase a ticket with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is founded on one of the domestic or the English football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pamper the considerably rich of the state and tourists. Until a short time ago, there was a considerably big tourist business, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected violence have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have 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 have gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has resulted, it is not known how healthy the vacationing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry on until conditions get better is basically unknown.
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