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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you could think that there might be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe's casinos. In reality, it seems to be working the other way around, with the atrocious market circumstances creating a bigger ambition to play, to attempt to find a fast win, a way from the crisis.

For many of the locals subsisting on the tiny local wages, there are 2 common types of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are surprisingly small, but then the winnings are also remarkably big. It's been said by economists who understand the idea that the majority don't purchase a ticket with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the English football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe's gambling dens, on the other foot, mollycoddle the extremely rich of the nation and travelers. Until a short time ago, there was a exceptionally large tourist industry, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated conflict have cut into this market.

Among Zimbabwe's gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have table games, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have video poker machines and table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe's casinos and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the market has deflated by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has resulted, it is not well-known how well the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe's casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive till things improve is simply not known.