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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you could imagine that there would be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be operating the opposite way around, with the crucial economic circumstances leading to a greater ambition to wager, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the problems.

For most of the people subsisting on the meager local money, there are two popular forms of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the odds of winning are extremely low, but then the winnings are also extremely big. It’s been said by economists who look at the situation that the lion’s share don’t buy a ticket with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the UK soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, cater to the exceedingly rich of the state and travelers. Up till a short while ago, there was a considerably substantial tourist business, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected bloodshed have cut into this market.

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

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the market has contracted by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has come about, it isn’t well-known how well the vacationing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around till conditions get better is basically not known.