The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you could think that there would be little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be working the opposite way, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a larger desire to play, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the situation.

For nearly all of the people living on the tiny local money, there are two common forms of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the chances of succeeding are surprisingly small, but then the prizes are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by financial experts who study the situation that many don’t purchase a ticket with an actual assumption of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, mollycoddle the extremely rich of the society and tourists. Up till not long ago, there was a very big vacationing business, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected conflict have cut into this trade.

Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. 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, the two of which offer table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Seeing as that the market has diminished by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has resulted, it isn’t well-known how healthy the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will survive until things improve is merely not known.