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The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could envision that there would be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be operating the other way around, with the atrocious market conditions leading to a larger eagerness to gamble, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the problems.

For nearly all of the citizens subsisting on the tiny nearby wages, there are 2 common forms of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of hitting are remarkably low, but then the prizes are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the situation that the majority don’t purchase a card with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the British football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, cater to the very rich of the nation and vacationers. Up till a short time ago, there was a incredibly big tourist industry, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated crime have carved into this market.

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

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has resulted, it is not well-known how healthy the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry on till things get better is simply not known.