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The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there might be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the awful economic conditions leading to a larger desire to play, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way from the difficulty.

For almost all of the locals living on the meager local wages, there are 2 common styles of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the chances of hitting are unbelievably small, but then the prizes are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the concept that many don’t purchase a ticket with an actual belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on either the national or the English football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, look after the exceedingly rich of the state and sightseers. Until not long ago, there was a very substantial tourist industry, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected crime have cut into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have gaming machines and tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the economy has shrunk by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has come to pass, it isn’t known how healthy the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will carry on until conditions get better is simply not known.