The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could imagine that there would be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the desperate economic circumstances creating a larger ambition to bet, to try and find a quick win, a way from the situation.
For nearly all of the citizens subsisting on the meager local money, there are two popular styles of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also remarkably large. It’s been said by economists who look at the situation that most don’t buy a ticket with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the local or the British football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, look after the exceedingly rich of the country and vacationers. Up until a short time ago, there was a very big vacationing industry, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected crime have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machine games. 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 offer gaming tables, 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 gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has resulted, it is not well-known how healthy the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry on until things improve is simply unknown.
October 21st, 2023
Callie
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