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The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you may think that there would be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the other way, with the critical economic circumstances creating a bigger eagerness to gamble, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the crisis.

For many of the people living on the tiny local wages, there are 2 established styles of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of profiting are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by economists who look at the situation that the majority don’t buy a card with an actual assumption of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the British soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, look after the very rich of the country and vacationers. Up until a short while ago, there was a very large sightseeing industry, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected crime have cut into this market.

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 gambling den, which has just the slot machines. 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, both of which contain gaming tables, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has 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 casinos and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the economy has contracted by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has cropped up, it is not understood how well the vacationing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on till conditions get better is simply unknown.