The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might think that there would be very little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be working the other way around, with the desperate market conditions creating a larger ambition to wager, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For the majority of the people surviving on the tiny local money, there are two established forms of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the odds of winning are extremely small, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the concept that most do not purchase a card with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the English soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the extremely rich of the country and vacationers. Up until a short time ago, there was a exceptionally substantial tourist business, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated conflict have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 gambling hall, which has only 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, the pair 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 pair of which offer video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has shrunk by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has come about, it is not understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will carry through until things get better is merely not known.
November 15th, 2020
Alvin
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