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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may think that there might be little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be functioning the opposite way, with the desperate economic circumstances creating a greater ambition to gamble, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the crisis.

For many of the people subsisting on the tiny nearby earnings, there are 2 popular styles of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the chances of hitting are unbelievably low, but then the prizes are also remarkably large. It’s been said by market analysts who study the situation that the lion’s share don’t buy a card with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the UK soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, mollycoddle the very rich of the society and sightseers. Until recently, there was a considerably big sightseeing industry, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated violence have cut into this trade.

Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer video poker machines and tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the economy has shrunk by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has come to pass, it is not well-known how well the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around till conditions get better is simply not known.