The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the atrocious economic circumstances creating a larger ambition to play, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the problems.

For almost all of the locals subsisting on the abysmal nearby wages, there are 2 established forms of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the odds of hitting are surprisingly tiny, but then the winnings are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the subject that the majority don’t buy a ticket with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the English football leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, look after the astonishingly rich of the state and tourists. Up till not long ago, there was a extremely big sightseeing industry, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated bloodshed have carved into this trade.

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

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the economy has diminished by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has arisen, it isn’t well-known how healthy the sightseeing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around till things improve is basically unknown.