The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you might envision that there would be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be functioning the other way around, with the atrocious economic circumstances leading to a larger eagerness to gamble, to attempt to find a quick win, a way from the difficulty.

For nearly all of the citizens subsisting on the abysmal local money, there are two popular forms of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of profiting are unbelievably small, but then the winnings are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by economists who study the idea that the majority don’t purchase a card with an actual expectation of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the British soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pander to the very rich of the nation and vacationers. Until recently, there was a extremely big vacationing industry, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected violence have carved into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain table games, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer video poker machines and tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the economy has diminished by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has resulted, it isn’t well-known how well the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on until conditions get better is merely unknown.