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The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may envision that there would be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the desperate market conditions creating a larger eagerness to play, to try and locate a fast win, a way out of the situation.

For nearly all of the locals surviving on the tiny local wages, there are 2 popular types of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the odds of succeeding are remarkably small, but then the winnings are also very large. It’s been said by financial experts who study the subject that many do not purchase a ticket with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pamper the incredibly rich of the nation and travelers. Until not long ago, there was a considerably big tourist business, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated violence have carved into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 den, which has just the 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, both of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have slot machines and tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the market has shrunk by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and crime that has resulted, it isn’t understood how healthy the sightseeing business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry on till things get better is simply unknown.