The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could envision that there would be little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be working the other way, with the crucial economic conditions creating a larger ambition to gamble, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.

For almost all of the citizens surviving on the meager local wages, there are two dominant forms of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the odds of profiting are remarkably small, but then the jackpots are also extremely high. It’s been said by economists who study the idea that the lion’s share don’t purchase a card with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is centered on either the domestic or the UK soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pamper the very rich of the nation and sightseers. Until a short time ago, there was a very large sightseeing business, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated violence have carved into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

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

Seeing as that the market has contracted by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has come to pass, it isn’t well-known how well the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive till conditions get better is simply not known.