The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could imagine that there would be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be working the other way around, with the awful economic conditions leading to a larger desire to bet, to attempt to find a fast win, a way from the problems.
For nearly all of the locals living on the tiny local wages, there are two established styles of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the chances of profiting are unbelievably tiny, but then the winnings are also remarkably high. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the situation that most don’t buy a ticket with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the country and tourists. Until a short time ago, there was a exceptionally large tourist industry, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected violence have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five 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 just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain table games, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has deflated by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has resulted, it is not well-known how healthy the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will survive till conditions improve is merely not known.
August 27th, 2024
Alvin
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