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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you might imagine that there might be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the critical economic conditions leading to a greater eagerness to gamble, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.

For most of the locals subsisting on the tiny nearby money, there are 2 common forms of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the odds of profiting are extremely low, 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 ticket with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the UK soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the society and travelers. Until a short time ago, there was a extremely large tourist business, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected violence have carved into this market.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machine games. 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 pair of which have table games, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Seeing as that the economy has diminished by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has come to pass, it is not known how healthy the vacationing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will still be around till conditions improve is basically not known.