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The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might envision that there might be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the atrocious economic circumstances creating a higher desire to bet, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way out of the problems.

For almost all of the people living on the abysmal local wages, there are two established forms of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of hitting are extremely low, but then the winnings are also very large. It’s been said by economists who look at the idea that many do not purchase a ticket with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the British football leagues and involves determining the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pamper the very rich of the nation and tourists. Up till a short time ago, there was a considerably big tourist business, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated violence 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 one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. 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, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer video poker machines and table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the market has shrunk by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has resulted, it isn’t known how healthy the tourist industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will carry through until things improve is basically unknown.