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The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you could think that there would be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a greater desire to play, to try and locate a fast win, a way out of the crisis.

For almost all of the people subsisting on the abysmal local money, there are 2 established forms of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the odds of hitting are unbelievably tiny, but then the winnings are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that the majority don’t buy a card with the rational belief of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the British soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pamper the incredibly rich of the country and tourists. Until a short time ago, there was a extremely large tourist business, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected violence have cut into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Seeing as that the economy has shrunk by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and crime that has resulted, it isn’t known how healthy the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around until conditions get better is simply not known.