The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might imagine that there might be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be operating the other way around, with the atrocious market conditions leading to a greater ambition to bet, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way from the difficulty.
For almost all of the citizens living on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 dominant types of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of succeeding are unbelievably small, but then the winnings are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the subject that the majority don’t buy a ticket with the rational expectation of profiting. Zimbet is centered on one of the local or the United Kingston football leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pamper the very rich of the nation and sightseers. Until a short while ago, there was a considerably substantial tourist industry, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected bloodshed have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has come about, it isn’t known how well the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry through until things get better is basically not known.
