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The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you might think that there would be little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the crucial market conditions leading to a bigger ambition to bet, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the difficulty.

For many of the citizens surviving on the tiny local money, there are 2 common forms of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are extremely low, but then the winnings are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by economists who understand the subject that most do not purchase a ticket with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the local or the British football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, pamper the very rich of the nation and sightseers. Up till recently, there was a very substantial tourist business, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated crime have cut into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. 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 have slot machines and table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the economy has deflated by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has resulted, it isn’t understood how well the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will carry on until conditions get better is basically unknown.