The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there would be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be functioning the other way around, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a bigger eagerness to wager, to try and find a quick win, a way from the crisis.

For almost all of the locals living on the tiny nearby earnings, there are two established styles of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the odds of hitting are unbelievably tiny, but then the prizes are also very big. It’s been said by economists who look at the situation that most do not buy a ticket with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the local or the British football leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pamper the extremely rich of the nation and sightseers. Up until a short while ago, there was a exceptionally large tourist industry, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated conflict have carved into this market.

Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses 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 dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the market has diminished by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and crime that has come to pass, it is not well-known how well the vacationing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around until conditions get better is merely unknown.