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The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there would be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the awful economic circumstances leading to a greater desire to wager, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the problems.

For the majority of the people living on the meager local earnings, there are 2 established forms of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the odds of succeeding are extremely small, but then the jackpots are also very high. It’s been said by economists who study the situation that most don’t purchase a ticket with a real assumption of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, cater to the astonishingly rich of the society and travelers. Up until a short time ago, there was a extremely substantial sightseeing industry, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected violence have cut into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machines. 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 gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer slot machines and tables.

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

Given that the economy has diminished by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has cropped up, it isn’t well-known how well the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will be alive till conditions get better is simply not known.