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Casinos in Kazakhstan
December 28th, 2009 by Anastasia
[ English ]

Landlocked Kazakhstan has remained a mystery to the western traveler for ages, unknown from the pages of Marco Polo or Kipling. A couple of outsiders have been enlightened on the appeal of this central Asian country, other than the sellers who plied the Silk Road. However, because Kazakhstan attained its independence in 1991 and above all under the farsighted and warmhearted presidency of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the country has grown. As the nation develops, so do Kazakhstan casinos. Flushed with oil money, it’s boom time in the playing corporations of this long ago soviet republic. There are 7 cities that have amid them legal casino provisions of which there are exactly twenty eight such locations. Indeed if you are hungry for a gamble, the tables are the only game in town, as Kazakhstan casinos are the only gambling operations justified there.

Most celebrated to the constant casino player would be the long-time capital and greatest city in the country, Almaty, that believable Las Vegas of central Asia, exhibiting not less than 18 casinos and counting. With a rising 9 percent growth per year, the Kazakh economy has extended enormously in the last decade and with it the Kazakh craving for the gambling tables. The cosmopolitan, multi-ethnic, multinational city of Almaty is unrecognizable from its last status as the chief city of a grey Soviet satellite state. New wealth has brought class and anticipation to the place, a fact best embodied by the city’s grandest casino, Casino Viva. One of a chain, this extravagant Kazakhstan casino hotel can hold 26 games tables and ninety-three slots.

What’s more, the frenzy for cyber poker hasn’t gone unnoticed in Kazakhstan casinos with the development of video poker swiftly becoming a favorite. Outside of Almaty, the adventurous bettor is also served; as an example, the capital Astana has five casinos, the main one amongst them being one of the Casino Zodiak chain that boasts absolutely no less than twenty card tables. If that is in no way enough for persons, casinos are also to be found further afield in the cities of Aktobe, Kokshetau, Pavlodar, Shimkent, along with Ust-kamenogorsk. It is very clear, anyway, that the Kazakh dedication for the green baize and clink of chips isn’t stated, given that the vice-foreign minister lately visited Macao and also Hong Kong. The visit was announced to be a "short but fruitful" trip constructed to study the gambling businesses of these towns and arouse enthusiasm in Kazakhstan’s nascent casino industry. Indeed, a feasible direct air link has been endorsed between Almaty and Hong Kong or Macao, which may raise interest for this once alluring spot soon set to become the favorite of the right people.


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