Zimbabwe gambling dens
November 13th, 2026 at 0:25
The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there would be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the awful market conditions creating a higher desire to play, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For almost all of the citizens living on the abysmal local money, there are two established styles of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the odds of succeeding are unbelievably low, but then the prizes are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by financial experts who study the subject that the majority don’t buy a card with a real assumption of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the domestic or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, mollycoddle the extremely rich of the nation and vacationers. Up until a short time ago, there was a very substantial tourist industry, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated bloodshed have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has arisen, it is not well-known how well the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will survive until things improve is basically not known.