The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could envision that there might be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be functioning the other way, with the critical economic circumstances leading to a higher desire to wager, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.

For nearly all of the people subsisting on the meager nearby earnings, there are two dominant types of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the odds of hitting are extremely tiny, but then the prizes are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the situation that most don’t buy a ticket with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is based on either the local or the British soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pander to the astonishingly rich of the society and tourists. Up until not long ago, there was a exceptionally large sightseeing business, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated conflict have carved into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. 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 poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have slot machines and table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very 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.

Given that the economy has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has arisen, it is not understood how well the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry through till conditions improve is simply not known.