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The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be functioning the opposite way, with the atrocious market conditions leading to a higher ambition to gamble, to try and find a fast win, a way from the crisis.

For many of the citizens surviving on the tiny nearby money, there are 2 common forms of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the odds of hitting are extremely tiny, but then the jackpots are also very large. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the idea that the lion’s share don’t purchase a ticket with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the domestic or the United Kingston football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, cater to the exceedingly rich of the country and vacationers. Up until a short time ago, there was a incredibly big tourist business, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected conflict have carved into this market.

Among 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 gambling hall, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain 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 pair of which has gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the economy has diminished by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has cropped up, it is not known how well the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive till things improve is basically unknown.