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The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a larger desire to gamble, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the situation.

For many of the locals surviving on the abysmal nearby wages, there are two dominant forms of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the odds of hitting are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by financial experts who study the situation that most don’t purchase a ticket with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, cater to the very rich of the country and travelers. Up until not long ago, there was a exceptionally large tourist business, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated crime 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 slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machines. 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, both of which have gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has video poker machines and table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the economy has contracted by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and crime that has come to pass, it isn’t understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry on till conditions get better is merely unknown.

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