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The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the desperate market circumstances creating a higher desire to wager, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the crisis.

For many of the locals surviving on the tiny local earnings, there are 2 dominant styles of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of winning are unbelievably low, but then the jackpots are also extremely large. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that the lion’s share do not purchase a ticket with a real expectation of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the British football divisions and involves determining the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pander to the incredibly rich of the country and vacationers. Up till recently, there was a incredibly substantial sightseeing industry, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated crime have carved into this market.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, 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 pair of which have gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

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

Given that the economy has diminished by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and violence that has come to pass, it is not understood how well the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry on until conditions get better is simply unknown.