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The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there might be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be operating the opposite way, with the desperate market circumstances creating a bigger desire to play, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the crisis.

For almost all of the citizens living on the meager local wages, there are 2 dominant types of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the chances of succeeding are extremely tiny, but then the winnings are also remarkably big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that the majority do not purchase a ticket with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the UK football leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the very rich of the society and sightseers. Until not long ago, there was a considerably large tourist business, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated violence have cut into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, 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 contain table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has slot machines and tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the economy has contracted by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has cropped up, it isn’t 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 things get better is merely not known.