The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might think that there might be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be operating the other way, with the critical market conditions creating a higher desire to gamble, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the crisis.

For almost all of the citizens surviving on the abysmal local money, there are 2 established forms of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of profiting are extremely low, but then the winnings are also remarkably large. It’s been said by financial experts who study the idea that most do not purchase a card with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, cater to the exceedingly rich of the state and sightseers. Until not long ago, there was a extremely substantial sightseeing industry, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected conflict have cut into this trade.

Amongst 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 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 pair of which offer gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the market has deflated by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has resulted, it isn’t understood how well the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will be alive until conditions get better is simply unknown.