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The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you could imagine that there would be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be operating the other way around, with the critical economic conditions leading to a higher desire to wager, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way from the crisis.

For many of the citizens subsisting on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 popular forms of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the chances of winning are remarkably tiny, but then the winnings are also extremely large. It’s been said by economists who understand the subject that the lion’s share do not buy a ticket with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the English soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, mollycoddle the extremely rich of the society and tourists. Until not long ago, there was a extremely substantial tourist business, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated bloodshed have cut into this trade.

Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, 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 just the 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, both of which have 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, each of which offer slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

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

Given that the economy has contracted by more than forty percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has arisen, it is not known how well the sightseeing business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive until things improve is merely unknown.