The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the crucial market circumstances creating a larger eagerness to bet, to attempt to find a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.

For almost all of the citizens surviving on the abysmal nearby wages, there are two popular types of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the odds of winning are extremely small, but then the jackpots are also remarkably large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the subject that most do not buy a card with a real expectation of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the UK football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, look after the extremely rich of the society and travelers. Up till a short time ago, there was a extremely substantial tourist business, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected violence have cut into this market.

Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two 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 just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming tables, 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 table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Seeing as that the market has diminished by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has resulted, it is not understood how well the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry through until things improve is merely not known.