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The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might envision that there would be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a greater desire to play, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the problems.

For many of the citizens subsisting on the tiny local money, there are two established forms of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of hitting are surprisingly low, but then the winnings are also very big. It’s been said by economists who study the idea that most don’t buy a ticket with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the English soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, mollycoddle the very rich of the state and tourists. Up till a short time ago, there was a very large tourist business, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected conflict have carved into this market.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have video poker machines and table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the economy has diminished by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has come to pass, it is not known how healthy the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will survive till things improve is basically unknown.