19 Jan 25

The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may imagine that there would be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be functioning the other way, with the awful market circumstances creating a bigger desire to wager, to try and find a quick win, a way from the difficulty.

For almost all of the citizens surviving on the abysmal local money, there are 2 common forms of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of hitting are surprisingly small, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the situation that the lion’s share do not purchase a card with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the UK soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, mollycoddle the considerably rich of the state and vacationers. Up until recently, there was a considerably large vacationing business, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated conflict have cut into this market.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer slot machines and table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has arisen, it is not understood how well the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around till things get better is merely unknown.


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