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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you could imagine that there would be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be functioning the other way, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a larger ambition to gamble, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the situation.

For the majority of the people surviving on the meager local wages, there are two common types of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are extremely tiny, but then the winnings are also extremely high. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the subject that the lion’s share do not purchase a ticket with an actual belief of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the national or the English football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, cater to the astonishingly rich of the state and travelers. Up till a short while ago, there was a considerably large sightseeing business, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated crime have carved into this market.

Among 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 Casino, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer 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, each of which have slot machines and table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Seeing as that the market has deflated by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has arisen, it is not known how well the tourist industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry through until things get better is basically unknown.