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The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you might imagine that there might be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the critical economic circumstances leading to a higher desire to wager, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the crisis.

For most of the citizens surviving on the abysmal nearby wages, there are 2 popular types of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the chances of profiting are remarkably tiny, but then the prizes are also very large. It’s been said by economists who look at the concept that most don’t buy a card with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the English football leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pander to the extremely rich of the nation and travelers. Up till not long ago, there was a considerably large vacationing industry, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated crime have cut into this market.

Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have table games, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have video poker machines and tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the market has shrunk by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has come to pass, it is not known how well the vacationing business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will still be around till things improve is merely unknown.