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The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could think that there might be little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the crucial market conditions leading to a larger desire to gamble, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the problems.

For many of the citizens surviving on the abysmal local earnings, there are two established forms of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the chances of winning are unbelievably tiny, but then the prizes are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by economists who look at the situation that most don’t buy a card with a real belief of hitting. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the English soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the society and sightseers. Up till a short time ago, there was a very substantial tourist business, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated violence have cut into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the 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, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has video poker machines and table games.

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

Given that the market has diminished by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has arisen, it isn’t understood how well the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around till things get better is simply not known.