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The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you may think that there would be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the awful economic conditions leading to a larger ambition to gamble, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the crisis.

For many of the people subsisting on the tiny local money, there are 2 popular styles of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of hitting are remarkably tiny, but then the jackpots are also remarkably large. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that most don’t buy a ticket with an actual expectation of profiting. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the British soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, look after the incredibly rich of the state and tourists. Up till a short time ago, there was a exceptionally big vacationing industry, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated bloodshed have carved into this market.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, 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 gambling hall, 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, both of which have gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the market has diminished by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has cropped up, it isn’t understood how healthy the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around till things improve is basically not known.