The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may think that there would be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be operating the other way, with the awful market conditions leading to a higher desire to wager, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.

For most of the locals subsisting on the meager nearby wages, there are 2 established forms of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the odds of profiting are extremely tiny, but then the prizes are also very high. It’s been said by economists who study the situation that the lion’s share don’t purchase a card with the rational assumption of hitting. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the UK football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, cater to the incredibly rich of the state and travelers. Up till a short while ago, there was a incredibly big tourist industry, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated violence have carved 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 slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, 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 table games, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

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

Since the market has deflated by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has arisen, it is not known how healthy the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry on until conditions get better is simply not known.