Zimbabwe Casinos
The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be operating the opposite way, with the awful economic circumstances creating a higher ambition to gamble, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For many of the people subsisting on the abysmal local earnings, there are 2 dominant styles of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are surprisingly low, but then the jackpots are also extremely big. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the concept that many do not buy a card with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the English football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pander to the considerably rich of the country and tourists. Up until recently, there was a exceptionally big tourist business, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected crime have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has deflated by more than forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has come to pass, it is not understood how well the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around until conditions get better is merely unknown.
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