The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the other way, with the awful market circumstances leading to a higher eagerness to wager, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For many of the people living on the tiny local wages, there are two established forms of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the odds of winning are surprisingly small, but then the winnings are also extremely high. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that the majority don’t purchase a ticket with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the United Kingston football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pander to the exceedingly rich of the society and sightseers. Until recently, there was a exceptionally large tourist industry, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated violence have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain gaming tables, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and violence that has come about, it is not well-known how healthy the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry on until conditions get better is simply unknown.
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