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The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could imagine that there would be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the desperate market circumstances leading to a larger eagerness to bet, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.

For nearly all of the citizens living on the abysmal local earnings, there are 2 popular forms of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are extremely tiny, but then the prizes are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that the majority don’t buy a ticket with the rational belief of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the UK football divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pander to the incredibly rich of the state and sightseers. Up till recently, there was a considerably substantial tourist business, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected violence have carved into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably 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.

Seeing as that the economy has deflated by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has come to pass, it isn’t known how well the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive till things improve is merely not known.