The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might think that there would be little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the critical market conditions leading to a higher eagerness to gamble, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the difficulty.

For many of the locals living on the abysmal nearby money, there are two dominant forms of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the chances of profiting are extremely low, but then the prizes are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by economists who study the concept that many don’t purchase a ticket with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the English soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, pander to the extremely rich of the country and sightseers. Up until recently, there was a considerably substantial tourist business, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated violence have cut into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 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 slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain gaming tables, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the economy has shrunk by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has come to pass, it is not understood how healthy the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry through till things get better is simply not known.