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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you may imagine that there might be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be functioning the opposite way around, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a higher ambition to wager, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the problems.

For most of the citizens surviving on the tiny local earnings, there are two established types of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the odds of winning are surprisingly small, but then the jackpots are also very big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the situation that many don’t purchase a card with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pamper the extremely rich of the state and travelers. Up until recently, there was a considerably large tourist industry, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated conflict have carved 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 slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machines. 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, the two of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the economy has deflated by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has resulted, it isn’t well-known how healthy the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive till conditions get better is basically unknown.