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The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be functioning the other way around, with the awful economic circumstances creating a larger desire to play, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the problems.

For nearly all of the locals surviving on the tiny nearby wages, there are 2 popular types of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the odds of hitting are surprisingly low, but then the prizes are also very large. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the idea that many do not purchase a ticket with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is built on either the local or the British soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, cater to the exceedingly rich of the state and sightseers. Until recently, there was a considerably substantial sightseeing industry, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected violence have cut into this market.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has gaming machines and table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the market has diminished by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has arisen, it is not known how well the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will carry on until conditions get better is basically not known.

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