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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may think that there would be little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be functioning the other way around, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a bigger desire to play, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the crisis.

For nearly all of the locals surviving on the meager local wages, there are 2 dominant forms of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the odds of hitting are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the subject that most don’t buy a ticket with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the British football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pamper the exceedingly rich of the society and sightseers. Up until not long ago, there was a considerably substantial sightseeing industry, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated bloodshed have carved into this trade.

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

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Seeing as that the market has diminished by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has come about, it isn’t well-known how well the sightseeing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry through till things improve is merely not known.