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The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could envision that there might be little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the awful market conditions leading to a greater eagerness to play, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the crisis.

For many of the locals subsisting on the tiny local earnings, there are 2 common forms of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also very large. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that the majority don’t buy a card with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the exceedingly rich of the country and tourists. Up until a short time ago, there was a very substantial tourist industry, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated conflict have cut into this market.

Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machines. 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 electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the economy has contracted by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has arisen, it is not known how healthy the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will carry through until conditions improve is basically not known.