The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the desperate economic circumstances creating a greater desire to gamble, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the situation.

For many of the citizens living on the abysmal nearby wages, there are 2 popular forms of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the odds of hitting are remarkably small, but then the prizes are also remarkably high. It’s been said by financial experts who study the situation that the lion’s share don’t buy a card with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the domestic or the British soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, pamper the considerably rich of the nation and tourists. Until a short while ago, there was a exceptionally big tourist business, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated conflict 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 one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, 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 offer gaming tables, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have slot machines and table games.

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

Since the market has deflated by more than forty percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has cropped up, it isn’t understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will be alive until things get better is merely unknown.