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The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could envision that there might be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe's gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be operating the other way, with the critical economic circumstances leading to a greater ambition to bet, to try and find a fast win, a way from the difficulty.

For nearly all of the locals living on the meager local wages, there are two common styles of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of winning are extremely tiny, but then the prizes are also surprisingly high. It's been said by economists who look at the subject that most do not buy a ticket with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the English football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe's gambling dens, on the other foot, pander to the extremely rich of the state and travelers. Until recently, there was a incredibly big vacationing business, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated conflict have cut into this market.

Among Zimbabwe's casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both 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, the two of which offer video poker machines and table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe's casinos and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Seeing as that the economy has contracted by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has arisen, it isn't well-known how well the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe's casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will still be around until things get better is merely not known.