The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you may imagine that there would be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the awful market conditions creating a larger ambition to play, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way from the situation.
For many of the people surviving on the tiny nearby money, there are 2 popular styles of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of succeeding are remarkably small, but then the winnings are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the subject that many do not purchase a card with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the local or the English soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, cater to the very rich of the state and sightseers. Until a short while ago, there was a considerably substantial sightseeing industry, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated conflict 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 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer table games, slots 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 video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has shrunk by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has come to pass, it isn’t well-known how well the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around until things get better is basically unknown.