The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you may imagine that there would be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it appears to be working the opposite way, with the critical economic conditions creating a bigger desire to wager, to try and find a fast win, a way from the crisis.

For almost all of the locals subsisting on the tiny local money, there are two common styles of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the odds of profiting are extremely small, but then the winnings are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that many don’t buy a ticket with an actual assumption of profiting. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the English football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the nation and vacationers. Up until a short while ago, there was a very big sightseeing business, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected conflict 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 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have video poker machines and table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the market has deflated by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has cropped up, it isn’t understood how well the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will be alive until things get better is basically not known.