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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might imagine that there would be very little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be working the opposite way, with the critical economic circumstances leading to a larger ambition to play, to attempt to find a quick win, a way out of the crisis.

For almost all of the locals subsisting on the abysmal nearby money, there are two established forms of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are remarkably small, but then the winnings are also very big. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the situation that the majority don’t buy a card with an actual belief of profiting. Zimbet is centered on one of the national or the UK soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pamper the extremely rich of the country and travelers. Until a short time ago, there was a very large tourist industry, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated conflict have carved into this market.

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 den, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the market has shrunk by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and violence that has resulted, it is not known how healthy the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will survive until things improve is simply unknown.