The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there would be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be working the other way around, with the critical economic circumstances creating a larger desire to bet, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way out of the problems.

For the majority of the people subsisting on the tiny local wages, there are 2 popular forms of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the odds of profiting are remarkably small, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the subject that many do not buy a ticket with the rational assumption of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the United Kingston football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the very rich of the society and sightseers. Up until not long ago, there was a extremely large sightseeing industry, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected bloodshed have carved into this market.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have table games, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

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

Since the market has deflated by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has come to pass, it isn’t understood how well the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around till things get better is simply unknown.