The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might imagine that there might be little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the awful economic circumstances leading to a greater eagerness to gamble, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For many of the locals subsisting on the abysmal nearby money, there are 2 established styles of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the chances of profiting are extremely tiny, but then the winnings are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the concept that the lion’s share don’t buy a ticket with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the English football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pamper the exceedingly rich of the country and tourists. Until a short while ago, there was a very big tourist industry, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected crime have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting 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.
Since the market has deflated by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and crime that has come about, it isn’t well-known how well the tourist industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive till conditions get better is basically not known.
September 12th, 2021
Simone
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