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The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be working the opposite way, with the critical market conditions creating a bigger ambition to bet, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the situation.

For nearly all of the citizens subsisting on the tiny nearby money, there are 2 popular forms of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the odds of profiting are extremely low, but then the winnings are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that many do not purchase a ticket with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, cater to the incredibly rich of the country and sightseers. Up till a short while ago, there was a incredibly big sightseeing industry, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated crime have cut into this market.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, 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, both of which have table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Seeing as that the market has shrunk by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has cropped up, it is not understood how healthy the vacationing business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around until things get better is simply not known.