The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could envision that there would be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be working the other way around, with the awful market conditions leading to a greater desire to bet, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the crisis.

For the majority of the locals living on the meager local money, there are 2 established styles of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the chances of winning are surprisingly low, but then the winnings are also very big. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the situation that the lion’s share don’t buy a ticket with an actual assumption of hitting. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the British soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, mollycoddle the extremely rich of the nation and vacationers. Up until a short time ago, there was a considerably big sightseeing business, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected bloodshed have carved into this trade.

Among 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 den, which has only slot machines. 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, the two of which offer 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 slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the market has shrunk by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has arisen, it isn’t understood how well the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry on until conditions get better is merely unknown.