Zimbabwe gambling dens
March 14th, 2025 at 3:25
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you might imagine that there would be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be functioning the opposite way around, with the awful economic conditions leading to a greater eagerness to bet, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For most of the locals surviving on the meager nearby wages, there are 2 established styles of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are extremely tiny, but then the winnings are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by economists who understand the subject that most don’t buy a ticket with a real assumption of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pander to the astonishingly rich of the society and tourists. Up until a short while ago, there was a very substantial sightseeing business, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected conflict have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits 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 have video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has deflated by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has arisen, it is not well-known how well the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will still be around until conditions improve is merely unknown.