Casinos in Kazakhstan
Monday, 14. December 2009
Landlocked Kazakhstan has been left a mystery to the western traveler for generations, unknown from the pages of Marco Polo or Kipling. Several outsiders have been enlightened on the fascination of this central Asian country, besides the sellers who plied the Silk Road. However, because Kazakhstan achieved its independence in 1991 and above all under the astute and noble presidency of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the country has progressed. As the nation enhances, so do Kazakhstan casinos. Flushed with oil currency, it’s boom time in the playing establishments of this previous soviet republic. There are seven cities that have amid them legal casino faculties of which there are exactly twenty-eight such locations. Indeed if you are craving for a game, the tables are the only game in town, as Kazakhstan casinos are the only betting operations permitted there.
Most celebrated to the committed player should be the previous capital and also grandest city in the area, Almaty, that believable Las Vegas of central Asia, boasting no less than 18 casinos and counting. With a soaring nine per cent boost yearly, the Kazakh economy has grown greatly in the last 10 yrs. and with it the Kazakh appetite for the betting tables. The cosmopolitan, multi-ethnic, multinational city of Almaty is shielded from its prior status as the chief city of a grey Soviet satellite state. New wealth has brought refinement as well as anticipation to the place, a fact best embodied by the city’s grandest casino, Casino Viva. One of a chain, this awesome Kazakhstan casino hotel can hold twenty six games tables and 93 slots.
What’s more, the frenzy for online poker hasn’t gone unnoticed in Kazakhstan casinos with the introduction of video poker hurriedly becoming a crowd pleaser. Outside of Almaty, the intrepid contender is also served; as an example, the capital Astana has five casinos, the premium one amidst them being one of the Casino Zodiak chain that enjoys absolutely no less than 20 card tables. If that isn’t actually enough for individuals, casinos are also further afield in the cities of Aktobe, Kokshetau, Pavlodar, Shimkent, and Ust-kamenogorsk. It is very clear, then, that the Kazakh fondness for the green baize and clink of chips isn’t stated, because the vice-foreign minister a short while ago went to Macao and Hong Kong. The visit was announced to be a "short but fruitful" trip developed to study the gambling businesses of these towns and instigate favor in Kazakhstan’s nascent casino business. Certainly, a probable direct air link has been noted between Almaty and Hong Kong or Macao, which should build desire for this once beautiful location soon set to become the alternative of the popular crowd.
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