The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you may think that there would be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the desperate economic circumstances leading to a greater desire to play, to try and locate a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For most of the locals surviving on the tiny local earnings, there are two popular types of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the odds of winning are unbelievably low, but then the prizes are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the subject that the majority don’t purchase a ticket with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the domestic or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, cater to the exceedingly rich of the society and sightseers. Until recently, there was a exceptionally large sightseeing industry, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected conflict have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have table games, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has deflated by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and violence that has arisen, it is not understood how healthy the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry through until conditions get better is simply not known.
February 18th, 2017
Simone
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