The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there might be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the atrocious market circumstances creating a greater eagerness to bet, to attempt to find a fast win, a way from the situation.

For nearly all of the locals surviving on the meager nearby earnings, there are 2 common types of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of hitting are surprisingly low, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the concept that most don’t buy a card with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is built on either the national or the British football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pander to the exceedingly rich of the country and vacationers. Until a short while ago, there was a very big vacationing industry, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected bloodshed have cut into this trade.

Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain table games, one armed bandits 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 has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the market has contracted by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has arisen, it is not well-known how well the sightseeing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will carry through until things improve is merely unknown.