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The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there might be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the desperate market circumstances leading to a higher eagerness to wager, to attempt to find a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.

For most of the locals surviving on the abysmal nearby wages, there are two popular types of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of profiting are extremely small, but then the prizes are also very big. It’s been said by financial experts who study the situation that most don’t buy a ticket with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the British soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pander to the astonishingly rich of the country and travelers. Up until a short time ago, there was a extremely substantial sightseeing business, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated crime have cut into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have video poker machines and tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the market has shrunk by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and crime that has cropped up, it is not understood how healthy the vacationing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry on until things improve is simply not known.