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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could imagine that there would be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the crucial economic circumstances leading to a higher desire to wager, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.

For the majority of the locals subsisting on the tiny local money, there are two common types of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the chances of succeeding are surprisingly small, but then the prizes are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by economists who study the concept that the lion’s share do not buy a ticket with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pander to the considerably rich of the country and sightseers. Up till a short time ago, there was a very large tourist business, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected bloodshed have carved into this market.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer video poker machines and table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the market has contracted by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and violence that has come about, it is not known how well the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry on till things get better is merely unknown.