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The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might envision that there might be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be working the other way, with the critical market conditions leading to a higher desire to play, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the situation.

For nearly all of the citizens surviving on the meager local wages, there are two dominant types of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the odds of hitting are unbelievably small, but then the winnings are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by financial experts who study the concept that the lion’s share don’t purchase a card with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the UK football divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pamper the incredibly rich of the society and tourists. Up until recently, there was a very big sightseeing business, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated crime have cut into this market.

Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have table games, slots and video 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 tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the economy has deflated by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has cropped up, 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 the casinos will be alive till conditions get better is basically not known.