The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may imagine that there would be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way, with the desperate market circumstances leading to a greater ambition to wager, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way from the problems.

For almost all of the citizens living on the tiny nearby wages, there are two established styles of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the odds of profiting are extremely small, but then the jackpots are also remarkably large. It’s been said by economists who study the subject that the majority don’t buy a ticket with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the English soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, cater to the very rich of the state and sightseers. Up till a short while ago, there was a exceptionally big sightseeing industry, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected crime have carved into this market.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, 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 has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have table games, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer video poker machines and tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the economy has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and violence that has come about, it is not understood how well the vacationing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around until things improve is basically not known.