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The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could imagine that there would be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the atrocious economic circumstances leading to a larger ambition to gamble, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.

For nearly all of the citizens surviving on the tiny local money, there are two common forms of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the odds of hitting are remarkably low, but then the jackpots are also very big. It’s been said by economists who study the subject that most do not purchase a card with a real expectation of winning. Zimbet is built on either the local or the English soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pamper the considerably rich of the society and tourists. Up until recently, there was a considerably large sightseeing industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected conflict have carved into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have table games, 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 have video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

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

Since the market has contracted by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has come to pass, it isn’t understood how well the vacationing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on till things improve is merely unknown.