The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you might imagine that there might be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be operating the opposite way, with the crucial economic conditions creating a bigger eagerness to wager, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the problems.

For almost all of the citizens surviving on the tiny local earnings, there are two dominant styles of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are surprisingly low, but then the prizes are also remarkably big. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the subject that most do not purchase a ticket with an actual expectation of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the United Kingston football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pander to the incredibly rich of the society and vacationers. Up till not long ago, there was a very large sightseeing business, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected conflict 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 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only 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 have table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer gaming machines and tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of 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 economy has diminished by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has resulted, it isn’t known how well the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will be alive till conditions get better is simply not known.