The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be functioning the other way, with the desperate economic circumstances creating a larger desire to play, to try and locate a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For most of the people living on the meager nearby wages, there are 2 popular types of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are remarkably small, but then the prizes are also remarkably big. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the subject that many don’t buy a ticket with a real assumption of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, mollycoddle the extremely rich of the country and vacationers. Up till not long ago, there was a very big vacationing business, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated 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 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the 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, each of which offer slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has deflated by beyond 40% in the past few 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 gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will survive till things improve is simply not known.
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