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The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may think that there might be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be functioning the other way, with the desperate market conditions leading to a bigger desire to gamble, to attempt to find a quick win, a way from the problems.

For many of the citizens surviving on the tiny local money, there are 2 common forms of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the chances of winning are unbelievably low, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the subject that the lion’s share do not purchase a card with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the national or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, look after the astonishingly rich of the state and travelers. Up till a short while ago, there was a very substantial tourist business, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated bloodshed have carved into this trade.

Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, 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 only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and video 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 table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the economy has deflated by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has arisen, it is not well-known how well the sightseeing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry on till conditions improve is merely not known.