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The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there would be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it appears to be functioning the opposite way around, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a greater desire to gamble, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the problems.

For most of the people surviving on the tiny local wages, there are two common styles of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of profiting are extremely low, but then the winnings are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the subject that most don’t purchase a ticket with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the national or the British football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, pamper the astonishingly rich of the state and sightseers. Up till a short while ago, there was a incredibly big tourist industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected conflict have cut into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two 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 just the slots. 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, both of which offer table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the economy has shrunk by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has come about, it is not understood how well the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around till things improve is merely not known.