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The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might envision that there would be little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way, with the atrocious market circumstances leading to a greater ambition to bet, to try and locate a fast win, a way out of the problems.

For nearly all of the people surviving on the meager nearby wages, there are two established styles of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the chances of winning are unbelievably low, but then the winnings are also extremely large. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the concept that the lion’s share do not purchase a card with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is built on either the national or the English soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pander to the exceedingly rich of the society and vacationers. Up until a short while ago, there was a very large vacationing business, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated violence have carved into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the 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 two of which offer 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 have slot machines and tables.

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

Given that the market has contracted by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has come to pass, it is not understood how well the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry through until things get better is merely not known.