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The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there might be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the awful market circumstances leading to a larger eagerness to gamble, to try and find a fast win, a way from the crisis.

For almost all of the citizens surviving on the meager local earnings, there are two established types of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the odds of succeeding are remarkably tiny, but then the winnings are also remarkably big. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the concept that many do not buy a card with a real belief of hitting. Zimbet is centered on either the domestic or the English soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pamper the very rich of the society and travelers. Up till a short while ago, there was a very big sightseeing business, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated violence have cut into this market.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have video poker machines and table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the market has shrunk by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and crime that has resulted, it is not well-known how well the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will be alive until things get better is merely unknown.