The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might imagine that there might be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be working the opposite way, with the crucial economic conditions leading to a higher eagerness to play, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the crisis.

For almost all of the locals living on the meager local money, there are two dominant types of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the odds of hitting are remarkably low, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by market analysts who study the subject that the lion’s share don’t purchase a ticket with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is centered on one of the national or the English soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pander to the extremely rich of the society and travelers. Up till a short time ago, there was a extremely big tourist industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected violence have carved into this market.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, 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, both of which offer gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Seeing as that the market has diminished by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has come to pass, it is not understood how healthy the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will still be around till conditions improve is simply not known.