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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there would be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the critical economic circumstances creating a higher ambition to bet, to try and find a quick win, a way from the problems.

For many of the people living on the tiny local wages, there are two established types of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the chances of succeeding are extremely low, but then the winnings are also very big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that many do not purchase a ticket with the rational assumption of profiting. Zimbet is built on either the national or the UK soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, pamper the very rich of the country and tourists. Up till a short time ago, there was a very substantial vacationing business, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected violence 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 five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain table games, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the economy has deflated by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has come about, it isn’t well-known how healthy the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will survive until conditions improve is merely not known.