The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may think that there would be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the awful economic circumstances leading to a greater ambition to play, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the difficulty.

For the majority of the locals subsisting on the tiny local money, there are 2 common types of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are unbelievably small, but then the prizes are also remarkably large. It’s been said by financial experts who study the concept that the majority do not purchase a ticket with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the domestic or the British soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, pander to the extremely rich of the society and vacationers. Up until a short while ago, there was a incredibly substantial tourist industry, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated crime have carved into this market.

Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, 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 only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have table games, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the market has diminished by more than forty percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has resulted, it is not well-known how well the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will be alive till conditions improve is basically unknown.