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The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you might think that there would be little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the awful market circumstances creating a greater ambition to play, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the situation.

For almost all of the citizens living on the meager local earnings, there are two established forms of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of hitting are surprisingly low, but then the jackpots are also extremely big. It’s been said by economists who understand the idea that many don’t buy a ticket with the rational expectation of profiting. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the British football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, cater to the considerably rich of the society and vacationers. Up till recently, there was a extremely substantial sightseeing industry, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected violence have cut into this market.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the market has shrunk by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has arisen, it isn’t known how healthy the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will still be around till things get better is simply unknown.