The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could think that there might be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the other way, with the crucial market circumstances creating a higher eagerness to bet, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For the majority of the people surviving on the tiny local wages, there are two established types of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the chances of hitting are extremely tiny, but then the prizes are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that the lion’s share don’t purchase a ticket with a real expectation of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the British football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pander to the astonishingly rich of the society and sightseers. Until a short while ago, there was a incredibly large sightseeing industry, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated conflict have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has deflated by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has cropped up, it is not known how well the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around till conditions improve is simply not known.
April 17th, 2025
Abigail
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