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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be functioning the other way around, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a larger eagerness to wager, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the difficulty.

For many of the citizens surviving on the tiny nearby money, there are two established styles of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the chances of succeeding are remarkably small, but then the prizes are also remarkably large. It’s been said by economists who understand the situation that the lion’s share don’t purchase a card with a real expectation of winning. Zimbet is based on either the domestic or the British soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the considerably rich of the state and travelers. Until a short time ago, there was a very big tourist industry, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated crime have carved into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, 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 den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just 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 machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the economy has diminished by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has arisen, it is not understood how well the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry on till things get better is merely unknown.