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The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you may think that there would be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be working the other way, with the awful economic circumstances leading to a greater ambition to wager, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the situation.

For almost all of the locals living on the abysmal local earnings, there are 2 popular types of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the chances of profiting are surprisingly tiny, but then the winnings are also remarkably big. It’s been said by economists who understand the subject that many do not buy a card with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, pander to the very rich of the country and sightseers. Up until not long ago, there was a extremely large sightseeing industry, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected conflict have cut into this trade.

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

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

Given that the economy has contracted by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has resulted, it is not understood how well the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry through till things get better is simply unknown.