The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you might think that there might be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the awful market circumstances leading to a higher eagerness to bet, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way from the situation.
For almost all of the locals surviving on the tiny local earnings, there are 2 dominant forms of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are extremely small, but then the winnings are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that most don’t purchase a ticket with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the UK soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, cater to the exceedingly rich of the society and travelers. Up till a short time ago, there was a very large vacationing business, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated violence have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, 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 gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has deflated by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has resulted, it is not well-known how well the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will be alive till things improve is basically unknown.
May 29th, 2026
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