The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might think that there would be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be working the other way around, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a higher eagerness to wager, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For the majority of the locals surviving on the tiny nearby wages, there are two dominant types of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the chances of profiting are surprisingly small, but then the prizes are also remarkably high. It’s been said by economists who look at the concept that many do not buy a card with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the British football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the society and tourists. Up till a short time ago, there was a considerably substantial tourist business, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated bloodshed have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machine games. 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, both of which have gaming tables, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has shrunk by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has resulted, it isn’t well-known how healthy the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry through till things get better is basically unknown.
October 2nd, 2017
Simone
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