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The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might think that there would be very little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be working the opposite way, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a bigger desire to wager, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the problems.

For many of the citizens surviving on the meager local earnings, there are 2 popular types of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the odds of succeeding are remarkably low, but then the winnings are also remarkably big. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that the lion’s share do not purchase a ticket with a real assumption of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the local or the English soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pander to the exceedingly rich of the society and tourists. Until a short while ago, there was a very big sightseeing business, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected conflict have carved into this trade.

Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, 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, the two of which contain table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer video poker machines and tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very 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.

Given that the market has contracted by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and violence that has arisen, it is not understood how well the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will survive until things get better is merely unknown.