The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might imagine that there would be little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the crucial market circumstances creating a larger desire to bet, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For many of the locals surviving on the meager local earnings, there are two popular styles of wagering, the national lottery 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 jackpots are also very big. It’s been said by economists who understand the situation that most don’t buy a card with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the UK football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the considerably rich of the country and travelers. Until a short time ago, there was a extremely large tourist business, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected conflict have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two 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 only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only 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 poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has contracted by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and violence that has come about, it isn’t well-known how healthy the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will survive till conditions improve is basically not known.
December 8th, 2023
Liam
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