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The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you might think that there might be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be operating the opposite way, with the desperate economic circumstances leading to a greater desire to bet, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the difficulty.

For many of the locals living on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 popular styles of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of profiting are unbelievably small, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the concept that most do not buy a card with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the United Kingston football leagues and involves determining the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, pander to the very rich of the state and vacationers. Up till a short time ago, there was a extremely large tourist industry, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated violence have cut into this trade.

Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has slot machines and table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Seeing as that the economy has diminished by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and crime that has come about, it is not known how well the vacationing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will survive till things get better is simply not known.