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The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be operating the other way around, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a higher desire to gamble, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the crisis.

For nearly all of the locals subsisting on the meager local earnings, there are 2 dominant forms of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of hitting are extremely tiny, but then the prizes are also extremely high. It’s been said by economists who look at the situation that the lion’s share don’t buy a ticket with a real belief of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the domestic or the United Kingston football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pamper the exceedingly rich of the nation and vacationers. Up until a short time ago, there was a considerably substantial sightseeing industry, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected crime have cut into this market.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain table games, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has slot machines and tables.

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

Since the economy has deflated by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and violence that has arisen, it isn’t understood how healthy the vacationing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will carry through till things improve is basically unknown.