The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you may envision that there might be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be operating the other way, with the desperate economic conditions creating a bigger desire to bet, to try and find a fast win, a way from the difficulty.
For nearly all of the locals subsisting on the tiny local money, there are two dominant forms of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the chances of hitting are unbelievably tiny, but then the prizes are also very big. It’s been said by financial experts who study the idea that many do not buy a ticket with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the British football divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pander to the exceedingly rich of the nation and travelers. Up until not long ago, there was a exceptionally large sightseeing business, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated crime have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer table games, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has contracted by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has come about, it isn’t well-known how well the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around until things get better is merely not known.
July 15th, 2022
Callie
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