The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you may think that there would be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be working the other way around, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a higher ambition to gamble, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For almost all of the people surviving on the tiny local wages, there are two established forms of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of profiting are surprisingly low, but then the jackpots are also remarkably large. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the situation that most do not buy a ticket with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is built on either the local or the British football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pander to the extremely rich of the nation and sightseers. Until a short while ago, there was a extremely substantial sightseeing business, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated violence have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 just the slot machine games. 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 electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has deflated by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has cropped up, it isn’t understood how healthy the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will be alive until things improve is simply not known.
July 31st, 2026
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