The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could envision that there might be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a bigger eagerness to bet, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.

For almost all of the citizens surviving on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 established styles of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the odds of succeeding are unbelievably small, but then the winnings are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that the lion’s share do not buy a card with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is centered on either the domestic or the English soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the exceedingly rich of the society and tourists. Up until recently, there was a incredibly large vacationing industry, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected bloodshed have cut into this trade.

Amongst 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 hall, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer table games, slots and video 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 blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the economy has diminished by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has come about, it isn’t understood how healthy the sightseeing business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive till things improve is simply unknown.