The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may envision that there might be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be working the other way, with the desperate market circumstances creating a larger desire to play, to try and locate a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For many of the locals subsisting on the tiny local money, there are 2 established forms of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the odds of winning are unbelievably tiny, but then the prizes are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the situation that the majority do not buy a card with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is centered on one of the national or the UK soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the incredibly rich of the country and tourists. Up till not long ago, there was a incredibly substantial tourist industry, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected conflict have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has deflated by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has cropped up, it is not well-known how well the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will carry through until things improve is basically not known.