The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you may think that there might be very little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the awful market conditions creating a greater desire to wager, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way out of the problems.

For many of the people living on the tiny local money, there are 2 popular forms of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the odds of winning are unbelievably tiny, but then the prizes are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by economists who look at the concept that the lion’s share don’t purchase a ticket with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the British football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, mollycoddle the considerably rich of the state and tourists. Up till not long ago, there was a very substantial tourist industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated crime have carved into this trade.

Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 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, the pair of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have video poker machines and tables.

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

Since the market has deflated by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has arisen, it isn’t understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around until things get better is merely unknown.