Casinos in Kazakhstan
Wednesday, 2. December 2009
Landlocked Kazakhstan has existed as a mystery to the western traveler for several hundred years, unknown from the pages of Marco Polo or Kipling. A couple of outsiders have acquainted themselves with the fascination of this central Asian country, aside from the merchants who plied the Silk Road. Yet, since Kazakhstan acquired its independence in 1991 and above all under the clever and unselfish presidency of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the country has progressed. As the nation blossoms, so do Kazakhstan casinos. Flushed with oil capital, it’s boom time in the gaming corporations of this one-time soviet republic. There are 7 cities that have among them legal casino capacities of which there are precisely twenty-eight such spots. Indeed if you are craving for a challenge, the tables are the only game in town, as Kazakhstan casinos are the only gaming operations at liberty there.
Most crucial to the constant contender must be the former capital as well as the grandest city in the region, Almaty, that veritable Las Vegas of central Asia, claiming not less than 18 casinos and counting. With an escalating 9 percent boost yearly, the Kazakh economy has extended excessively in the last 10 years and with it the Kazakh appetite for the gaming tables. The cosmopolitan, multi-ethnic, multinational city of Almaty is invisible from its preceding duration as the key city of a grey Soviet satellite state. New wealth has brought refinement in addition anticipation to the place, a fact best embodied by the city’s biggest casino, Casino Viva. One of a chain, this amazing Kazakhstan casino hotel can display twenty-six games tables and ninety-three slot machine games.
What’s more, the craze for online poker hasn’t gone without observation in Kazakhstan casinos with the development of video poker rapidly becoming a top choice. Outside of Almaty, the high-spirited player is also served; for example, the capital Astana has 5 casinos, the premium one among them being one of the Casino Zodiak chain that holds in no way less than twenty card tables. If that is not nearly enough for persons, casinos are also to be found further afield in the cities of Aktobe, Kokshetau, Pavlodar, Shimkent, also Ust-kamenogorsk. It is very clear, in any case, that the Kazakh dedication for the green baize and clink of chips is not stated, seeing as the vice-foreign minister not long ago visited Macao and Hong Kong. The visit was certified to be a "short but fruitful" trip designed to study the casino market of these towns and alleviate appeal in Kazakhstan’s nascent casino industry. As a matter of fact, a plausible direct air link has been touted between Almaty and Hong Kong or Macao, which would bolster desire for this once exotic area soon set to become the pick of the elite.
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