The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there might be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the awful market circumstances creating a larger ambition to play, to attempt to find a quick win, a way from the situation.
For the majority of the locals subsisting on the tiny local money, there are 2 established forms of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of winning are surprisingly low, but then the winnings are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that the lion’s share do not buy a ticket with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the domestic or the United Kingston football leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pamper the incredibly rich of the society and tourists. Up till a short while ago, there was a considerably substantial vacationing business, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated violence have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, 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 just the slot machine games. 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, the two of which contain gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has diminished by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has come about, it is not known how well the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry through until conditions get better is simply unknown.
August 2nd, 2023
Dayton
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