Zimbabwe gambling dens
March 20th, 2025 at 13:25
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you might think that there might be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be working the other way around, with the critical economic conditions creating a bigger ambition to play, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For nearly all of the locals surviving on the meager local wages, there are two established types of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the chances of hitting are remarkably small, but then the jackpots are also remarkably high. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the situation that most do not buy a ticket with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the UK soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pander to the considerably rich of the nation and travelers. Until not long ago, there was a extremely substantial sightseeing business, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated violence have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain 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 pair of which have video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and crime that has resulted, it is not known how healthy the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive until things improve is merely unknown.