Zimbabwe Casinos
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there would be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a bigger ambition to gamble, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For almost all of the locals surviving on the meager local wages, there are two dominant types of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of winning are surprisingly low, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by economists who study the situation that most do not buy a ticket with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pamper the considerably rich of the society and vacationers. Until not long ago, there was a extremely substantial tourist business, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected violence have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain table games, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses 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 aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has come to pass, it is not known how healthy the vacationing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around until things improve is basically not known.
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