The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you could envision that there might be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the desperate economic conditions creating a higher desire to bet, to attempt to find a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For almost all of the people subsisting on the tiny local earnings, there are 2 popular types of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the odds of succeeding are remarkably tiny, but then the winnings are also very large. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the subject that many do not purchase a ticket with the rational belief of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the United Kingston football leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the country and travelers. Up until a short while ago, there was a exceptionally large sightseeing industry, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected conflict have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. 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 pair of which offer gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has arisen, it is not well-known how well the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will survive until conditions get better is merely unknown.
August 13th, 2022
Mohammed
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