Casinos in Kazakhstan

by Tamia on December 8th, 2009

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Landlocked Kazakhstan has continued to be a mystery to the western traveler for several hundred years, unknown from the pages of Marco Polo or Kipling. Some outsiders have experienced the charms of this central Asian country, other than the sellers who plied the Silk Road. Yet, because Kazakhstan obtained its independence in 1991 and particularly under the astute and accommodating presidency of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the country has grown. As the nation blossoms, so do Kazakhstan casinos. Flushed with oil revenue, it’s boom time in the betting associations of this former soviet republic. There are seven cities that have amid them legal casino accommodations of which there are specifically 28 such locations. Indeed if you are eager for a wager, the tables are the only game in town, as Kazakhstan casinos are the only gaming operations allowed there.

Most celebrated to the dedicated gambler should be the prior capital and also biggest city in the area, Almaty, that realistic Las Vegas of central Asia, showing off not less than 18 casinos and counting. With a soaring 9% enhancement per year, the Kazakh economy has grown enormously in the last ten years and with it the Kazakh craving for the gambling tables. The cosmopolitan, multi-ethnic, multinational city of Almaty is invisible from its prior existence as the core city of a grey Soviet satellite state. New wealth has brought elegance and also adventure to the place, a fact best embodied by the city’s largest casino, Casino Viva. One of a chain, this awesome Kazakhstan casino hotel can hold twenty-six games tables and ninety-three slot machine games.

What’s more, the craze for cyber poker hasn’t gone overlooked in Kazakhstan casinos with the development of video poker hastily becoming a preferred choice. Outside of Almaty, the high-spirited gambler is also served; for example, the capital Astana has five casinos, the key one amongst them being one of the Casino Zodiak chain that delights in not less than twenty card tables. If that isn’t actually enough for gamblers, casinos are also further afield in the cities of Aktobe, Kokshetau, Pavlodar, Shimkent, and Ust-kamenogorsk. It is apparent, regardless, that the Kazakh favoritism for the green baize and clink of chips is not stated, due to the fact that the vice-foreign minister a short while ago visited Macao and also Hong Kong. The visit was reported to be a "short but fruitful" trip created to study the gambling industries of these towns and alleviate interest in Kazakhstan’s nascent casino business. In reality, a probable direct air link has been publicized between Almaty and Hong Kong or Macao, which may bolster willingness for this once attractive spot soon set to become the alternative of the in-crowd.

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