Zimbabwe gambling dens
Posted in Casino on 02/04/2026 12:25 pm by Dakota
The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may think that there would be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be working the other way, with the desperate market circumstances leading to a larger ambition to wager, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the problems.
For nearly all of the people surviving on the abysmal local wages, there are two dominant types of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the chances of hitting are extremely small, but then the prizes are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by economists who look at the concept that most don’t purchase a card with the rational assumption of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the British soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pander to the very rich of the society and vacationers. Up till a short while ago, there was a incredibly large sightseeing business, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated crime have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only 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, both of which have gaming tables, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has deflated by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has come about, it is not understood how well the sightseeing business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around until conditions get better is simply not known.