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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could envision that there might be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the desperate economic circumstances leading to a bigger ambition to wager, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way out of the problems.

For many of the people surviving on the abysmal local money, there are two dominant types of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the odds of succeeding are remarkably small, but then the jackpots are also very big. It’s been said by financial experts who study the situation that most don’t buy a ticket with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the national or the UK soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, look after the exceedingly rich of the state and tourists. Up till recently, there was a extremely substantial tourist industry, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected bloodshed have carved into this market.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, 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, the two of which have table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming machines and tables.

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

Since the economy has contracted by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has come about, it is not known how well the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry on until conditions improve is basically unknown.