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The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might think that there would be little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the awful market circumstances leading to a larger eagerness to bet, to try and find a quick win, a way from the situation.

For the majority of the people subsisting on the tiny local earnings, there are 2 dominant types of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the odds of winning are extremely low, but then the winnings are also very big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the subject that the lion’s share do not purchase a ticket with the rational belief of winning. Zimbet is based on either the national or the British soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pander to the extremely rich of the society and travelers. Up until a short time ago, there was a extremely substantial sightseeing business, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated bloodshed have carved into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, 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 contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain table games, 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 casinos and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the economy has diminished by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has resulted, it is not understood how well the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry through until conditions improve is basically not known.

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