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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you might imagine that there would be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it appears to be functioning the other way around, with the crucial market conditions creating a greater desire to wager, to try and find a quick win, a way from the crisis.

For nearly all of the citizens subsisting on the meager local earnings, there are 2 established types of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the odds of succeeding are extremely small, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by economists who study the idea that the lion’s share do not buy a ticket with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the British soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, cater to the exceedingly rich of the society and sightseers. Up until recently, there was a exceptionally substantial sightseeing industry, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated bloodshed have carved into this market.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 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 slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain 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 have slot machines and table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: 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% in recent years and with the associated poverty and violence that has arisen, it isn’t understood how healthy the sightseeing business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry on till conditions get better is simply not known.