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The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might think that there might be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be operating the other way around, with the desperate economic conditions creating a greater eagerness to play, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.

For most of the locals surviving on the abysmal nearby wages, there are 2 popular styles of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are unbelievably tiny, but then the prizes are also very large. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the subject that most don’t purchase a ticket with the rational belief of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the British football divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, mollycoddle the considerably rich of the society and sightseers. Until a short while ago, there was a exceptionally large sightseeing business, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected conflict have cut into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 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 only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has 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 casinos and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the market has shrunk by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has come about, it isn’t understood how well the tourist business 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 merely not known.