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The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may envision that there might be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic circumstances creating a bigger ambition to bet, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the situation.

For the majority of the locals subsisting on the meager local wages, there are two common forms of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the chances of succeeding are surprisingly low, but then the prizes are also remarkably big. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the subject that the lion’s share don’t purchase a card with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is centered on either the domestic or the British football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pamper the incredibly rich of the nation and tourists. Until a short while ago, there was a very big tourist business, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated violence have cut into this market.

Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slots. 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, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer slot machines and table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the economy has shrunk by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has come to pass, it isn’t well-known how healthy the vacationing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry through till things get better is merely unknown.