Zimbabwe gambling halls
April 14th, 2026 at 17:25
The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may imagine that there would be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a higher ambition to bet, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way from the problems.
For nearly all of the people surviving on the meager local money, there are two established forms of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are remarkably tiny, but then the prizes are also extremely large. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that most don’t buy a ticket with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the UK soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the incredibly rich of the state and sightseers. Up until a short time ago, there was a extremely substantial vacationing business, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected crime have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 just slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have table games, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has deflated by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has arisen, it is not known how well the sightseeing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around till things improve is simply unknown.