The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you might imagine that there would be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the other way, with the desperate market conditions creating a greater eagerness to gamble, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the crisis.

For most of the locals living on the meager local wages, there are two common styles of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the odds of profiting are unbelievably small, but then the winnings are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that most do not buy a ticket with the rational expectation of profiting. Zimbet is founded on one of the domestic or the British soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pander to the extremely rich of the state and tourists. Up until a short time ago, there was a exceptionally big vacationing industry, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated bloodshed have carved into this market.

Amongst 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 hall, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer table games, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have slot machines and tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the market has contracted by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and crime that has resulted, it is not understood how healthy the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive until things improve is simply not known.