The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you may envision that there might be very little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic circumstances leading to a bigger eagerness to gamble, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the problems.

For nearly all of the citizens subsisting on the tiny local money, there are two established styles of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of profiting are extremely small, but then the prizes are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the idea that the majority do not purchase a ticket with an actual expectation of profiting. Zimbet is founded on one of the domestic or the UK football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, cater to the astonishingly rich of the society and sightseers. Up until a short time ago, there was a very big sightseeing industry, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated conflict have carved into this trade.

Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

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

Seeing as that the market has contracted by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has arisen, it isn’t well-known how well the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will survive until conditions improve is merely unknown.