The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you may think that there would be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the awful economic conditions creating a greater desire to bet, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the situation.

For many of the locals surviving on the tiny nearby wages, there are 2 popular forms of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the chances of winning are surprisingly small, but then the jackpots are also very big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the situation that the lion’s share do not buy a card with the rational belief of hitting. Zimbet is centered on one of the local or the United Kingston football leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pamper the very rich of the state and tourists. Until not long ago, there was a very big tourist business, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated violence have carved into this market.

Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since 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 isn’t well-known how healthy the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will be alive until things get better is simply not known.