The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be operating the opposite way, with the critical economic conditions creating a bigger desire to gamble, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For many of the citizens surviving on the tiny local wages, there are 2 dominant forms of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the chances of winning are unbelievably small, but then the winnings are also remarkably large. It’s been said by financial experts who study the concept that the lion’s share don’t buy a card with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the British football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pander to the astonishingly rich of the society and travelers. Up till recently, there was a extremely substantial sightseeing business, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated violence have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and crime that has arisen, it isn’t well-known how well the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will carry through until things improve is merely unknown.
December 14th, 2015
Izayah
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