The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you might imagine that there would be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be functioning the opposite way around, with the crucial economic conditions creating a greater eagerness to gamble, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.

For most of the locals living on the tiny nearby earnings, there are 2 popular types of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the odds of profiting are unbelievably small, but then the prizes are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the subject that most don’t buy a card with an actual assumption of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the British football leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pander to the considerably rich of the nation and tourists. Until a short while ago, there was a exceptionally large tourist business, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated crime have cut into this trade.

Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machine games. 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, the pair of which have gaming tables, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has gaming machines and tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the economy has diminished by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has come to pass, it is not understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will survive till things get better is merely not known.