The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you may think that there might be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the awful economic circumstances leading to a greater ambition to gamble, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way out of the crisis.

For almost all of the locals living on the tiny nearby wages, there are 2 popular types of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of hitting are remarkably tiny, but then the prizes are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by financial experts who study the idea that the majority don’t purchase a ticket with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the United Kingston football divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, mollycoddle the very rich of the country and travelers. Up until not long ago, there was a considerably substantial vacationing business, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated crime have carved into this trade.

Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain table games, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has video poker machines and table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the economy has shrunk by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has resulted, it is not well-known how well the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry through until things get better is merely unknown.