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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be operating the opposite way, with the awful economic conditions creating a larger ambition to wager, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way from the problems.

For almost all of the locals subsisting on the tiny local wages, there are 2 established styles of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the chances of succeeding are surprisingly small, but then the winnings are also very big. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the subject that the lion’s share don’t buy a ticket with a real assumption of hitting. Zimbet is centered on one of the national or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, pamper the incredibly rich of the nation and vacationers. Up until a short time ago, there was a very substantial vacationing business, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated bloodshed have cut into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 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 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, both of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer video poker machines and tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Seeing as that the market has shrunk by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has resulted, it is not well-known how well the vacationing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will still be around until things get better is basically not known.