The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might think that there would be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be functioning the opposite way around, with the desperate economic circumstances leading to a higher eagerness to wager, to attempt to find a quick win, a way from the problems.
For most of the locals surviving on the tiny nearby wages, there are 2 common forms of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are surprisingly small, but then the prizes are also remarkably big. It’s been said by financial experts who study the situation that the majority don’t buy a ticket with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the English football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, pamper the considerably rich of the nation and tourists. Until a short time ago, there was a exceptionally substantial sightseeing industry, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected bloodshed have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, 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 only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer table games, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has shrunk by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has come to pass, it is not well-known how well the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around till conditions get better is merely unknown.
July 29th, 2026
Mohammed
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