The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might imagine that there would be little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it appears to be functioning the opposite way around, with the crucial market conditions leading to a larger desire to play, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the situation.

For most of the locals living on the abysmal local earnings, there are two popular forms of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the odds of winning are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also very high. It’s been said by economists who understand the situation that most do not purchase a card with a real expectation of winning. Zimbet is based on either the national or the UK soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, pamper the extremely rich of the nation and sightseers. Up till a short while ago, there was a incredibly big tourist business, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected bloodshed have carved into this trade.

Amongst 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 only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have video poker machines and table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there is 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 market has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has arisen, it is not understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around until things improve is merely unknown.