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The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be working the opposite way, with the crucial economic conditions leading to a bigger desire to play, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.

For many of the citizens subsisting on the abysmal nearby wages, there are two dominant types of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the chances of succeeding are surprisingly small, but then the prizes are also very high. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the subject that most don’t buy a ticket with an actual expectation of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the domestic or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the society and vacationers. Up until a short time ago, there was a very substantial sightseeing business, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated violence have cut into this market.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two 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 machine games. 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, both of which have table games, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has video poker machines and table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the market has contracted by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has resulted, it is not known how well the vacationing business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will survive until things get better is basically not known.