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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could envision that there would be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a larger eagerness to gamble, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the crisis.

For the majority of the locals subsisting on the abysmal nearby money, there are 2 popular styles of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the odds of hitting are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also very big. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that the majority do not buy a card with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the UK football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the astonishingly rich of the state and travelers. Up till a short while ago, there was a very substantial tourist business, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected bloodshed 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 one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, 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, both of which have table games, 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 has slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the market has diminished by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and crime that has resulted, it is not well-known how healthy the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry through till things improve is merely unknown.