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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may think that there would be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe's gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the awful market circumstances leading to a greater eagerness to wager, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way from the difficulty.

For many of the locals subsisting on the tiny nearby wages, there are two established forms of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the odds of hitting are unbelievably low, but then the prizes are also unbelievably big. It's been said by economists who study the concept that the lion's share do not buy a ticket with the rational expectation of profiting. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the United Kingston football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe's gambling halls, on the other foot, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the state and vacationers. Up till a short time ago, there was a exceptionally large sightseeing industry, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated crime have cut into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe's gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. 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, the two of which have gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has slot machines and table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe's gambling halls and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the economy has contracted by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and violence that has arisen, it is not understood 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 still be around until things get better is basically unknown.