The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there would be little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be working the other way, with the crucial market circumstances leading to a higher eagerness to gamble, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For nearly all of the locals subsisting on the tiny local earnings, there are two common forms of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the odds of winning are remarkably tiny, but then the jackpots are also extremely high. It’s been said by economists who understand the situation that most do not buy a card with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the British football leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, pander to the extremely rich of the country and sightseers. Up until not long ago, there was a exceptionally large tourist industry, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated violence have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has shrunk by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has arisen, it is not understood how well the vacationing business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will survive till conditions get better is simply not known.
March 21st, 2017
Alvin
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