The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you might think that there would be very little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be working the other way, with the awful market conditions leading to a bigger ambition to bet, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For almost all of the people surviving on the meager nearby money, there are 2 dominant forms of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are remarkably low, but then the winnings are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by economists who understand the subject that the majority don’t purchase a ticket with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the UK soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, mollycoddle the very rich of the nation and sightseers. Until recently, there was a very big sightseeing business, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected crime have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, 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 Casino, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has contracted by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and violence that has resulted, it is not well-known how well the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around until things improve is basically unknown.
December 2nd, 2022
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