The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could imagine that there would be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the critical market circumstances creating a bigger desire to play, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the difficulty.

For the majority of the citizens subsisting on the abysmal nearby money, there are 2 dominant styles of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of winning are surprisingly low, but then the prizes are also very large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the situation that the majority don’t buy a ticket with a real assumption of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the domestic or the UK football divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the incredibly rich of the society and vacationers. Up till a short time ago, there was a considerably big tourist business, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated violence have cut into this market.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, 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, both of which contain gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer slot machines and table games.

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

Seeing as that the economy has contracted by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has arisen, it is not known how well the vacationing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will be alive until conditions improve is merely not known.