The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might think that there might be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the critical market conditions creating a higher ambition to gamble, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.

For the majority of the citizens surviving on the meager local wages, there are two common forms of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the odds of winning are unbelievably tiny, but then the prizes are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that most don’t buy a ticket with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the UK football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pamper the exceedingly rich of the country and vacationers. Until not long ago, there was a extremely big tourist industry, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated crime have carved into this market.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has video poker machines and table games.

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

Given that the economy has deflated by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has come to pass, it is not understood how healthy the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will survive till conditions get better is basically unknown.