The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could imagine that there would be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be operating the opposite way, with the critical market circumstances leading to a larger eagerness to play, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the difficulty.

For almost all of the locals surviving on the meager local earnings, there are two common types of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the chances of hitting are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that most don’t buy a ticket with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the English football divisions and involves determining the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, mollycoddle the very rich of the nation and sightseers. Up until recently, there was a extremely big tourist industry, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated bloodshed have carved into this trade.

Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, 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 two of which offer table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the market has diminished by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has cropped up, it is not understood how well the vacationing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will still be around till conditions improve is merely unknown.