The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you may imagine that there would be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic circumstances leading to a higher ambition to play, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the situation.

For most of the people subsisting on the abysmal nearby wages, there are 2 common styles of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of profiting are remarkably tiny, but then the prizes are also remarkably large. It’s been said by financial experts who study the subject that most do not buy a card with an actual expectation of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the English football divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pander to the exceedingly rich of the nation and vacationers. Up until a short time ago, there was a very big vacationing industry, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected conflict have cut into this trade.

Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, 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 contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer slot machines and table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Seeing as that the market has diminished by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has resulted, it isn’t understood how well the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around until conditions get better is merely not known.