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The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there might be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be operating the other way, with the desperate economic circumstances leading to a greater desire to bet, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the crisis.

For almost all of the citizens subsisting on the abysmal local wages, there are two established styles of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the concept that many do not purchase a card with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is based on either the national or the UK football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, mollycoddle the very rich of the nation and travelers. Up until a short time ago, there was a considerably big sightseeing business, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated crime have carved into this market.

Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

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

Given that the market has shrunk by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has cropped up, it is not well-known how well the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around till conditions get better is merely unknown.