The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you may think that there might be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be working the other way, with the awful economic conditions leading to a higher eagerness to bet, to try and find a fast win, a way from the situation.

For most of the locals living on the meager local money, there are two common types of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the odds of winning are remarkably small, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the situation that most don’t purchase a card with an actual assumption of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the English football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, pander to the incredibly rich of the society and tourists. Up till a short time ago, there was a considerably substantial tourist industry, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated crime 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 five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains 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 houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer slot machines and table games.

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

Since the market has contracted by more than forty percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has cropped up, it is not known how healthy the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on till conditions improve is merely unknown.