The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you might think that there would be little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the desperate economic conditions creating a larger ambition to wager, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the problems.
For the majority of the locals surviving on the tiny local wages, there are two popular styles of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are surprisingly low, but then the prizes are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the situation that the majority don’t buy a card with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is based on either the local or the British football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, mollycoddle the very rich of the state and tourists. Up until not long ago, there was a extremely large vacationing industry, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected conflict have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has cropped up, it is not understood how healthy the sightseeing business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry through till conditions get better is simply not known.
September 16th, 2017
Izayah
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