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The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might think that there might be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be functioning the other way around, with the crucial market conditions leading to a larger desire to bet, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the crisis.

For many of the locals subsisting on the tiny local money, there are two dominant types of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the odds of succeeding are remarkably small, but then the winnings are also extremely high. It’s been said by financial experts who study the subject that most don’t buy a card with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the English football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pamper the very rich of the state and vacationers. Up until a short time ago, there was a extremely big tourist industry, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected violence have carved into this market.

Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. 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 contain table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously talked about 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 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Seeing as that the economy has diminished by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has cropped up, it is not well-known how healthy the vacationing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive till things get better is simply not known.