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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might think that there would be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the awful economic conditions leading to a larger ambition to bet, to try and find a quick win, a way from the problems.

For almost all of the people subsisting on the meager local earnings, there are 2 popular forms of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are surprisingly small, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by financial experts who study the subject that many don’t buy a ticket with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the UK soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, look after the astonishingly rich of the country and tourists. Up till a short time ago, there was a exceptionally big vacationing industry, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected conflict have carved into this market.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain table games, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

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

Given that the market has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has cropped up, it isn’t understood how healthy the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive till things get better is merely unknown.

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