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The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could imagine that there would be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be working the other way, with the desperate market conditions creating a bigger ambition to gamble, to try and locate a fast win, a way out of the situation.

For nearly all of the people living on the meager local wages, there are two dominant types of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the chances of profiting are unbelievably small, but then the prizes are also extremely high. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that the majority do not purchase a ticket with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the English soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, look after the incredibly rich of the nation and travelers. Until a short time ago, there was a extremely substantial vacationing industry, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse 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 five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer gaming machines and table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Seeing as that the economy has shrunk by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and crime that has cropped up, it is not known how healthy the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will survive until things improve is simply not known.