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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might think that there might be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be operating the other way, with the awful market circumstances creating a higher eagerness to wager, to try and find a quick win, a way from the crisis.

For the majority of the locals subsisting on the meager local earnings, there are two common styles of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the odds of hitting are remarkably small, but then the winnings are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the subject that most do not buy a card with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is built on either the local or the British soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the state and vacationers. Up till a short while ago, there was a considerably substantial sightseeing industry, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected crime have cut into this trade.

Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 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 diminished by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has come about, it isn’t understood how healthy the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will survive till things improve is basically not known.