The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there would be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a higher eagerness to play, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way from the difficulty.

For most of the citizens surviving on the abysmal local wages, there are two established types of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the chances of hitting are unbelievably small, but then the winnings are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the situation that many don’t purchase a ticket with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the national or the British soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pamper the very rich of the state and sightseers. Up till a short while ago, there was a very substantial sightseeing industry, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated bloodshed have cut into this trade.

Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Seeing as that the market has deflated by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has come to pass, it is not known how healthy the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will survive until things improve is merely not known.