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The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might think that there might be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be working the other way, with the desperate market circumstances leading to a higher eagerness to wager, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the problems.

For nearly all of the people surviving on the tiny local money, there are 2 common forms of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the chances of hitting are extremely tiny, but then the winnings are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by financial experts who study the subject that the lion’s share don’t purchase a ticket with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the national or the British football leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, mollycoddle the extremely rich of the country and vacationers. Up till recently, there was a incredibly substantial sightseeing business, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated violence have carved into this market.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 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 only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the economy has contracted by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has come about, it is not known how healthy the tourist industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will carry on till things improve is simply unknown.