The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the desperate economic circumstances leading to a higher eagerness to bet, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the situation.

For nearly all of the people subsisting on the tiny local money, there are 2 common forms of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of hitting are unbelievably low, but then the jackpots are also extremely big. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the concept that many do not buy a card with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the English soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pamper the incredibly rich of the state and travelers. Up until a short time ago, there was a exceptionally substantial sightseeing business, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected violence have carved into this trade.

Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have gaming machines and tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the economy has deflated by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has come about, it is not known how healthy the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around until conditions improve is simply unknown.