Casinos in Kazakhstan
Wednesday, 24. March 2010
Landlocked Kazakhstan has been left a mystery to the western traveler for several hundred years, unknown from the pages of Marco Polo or Kipling. Several outsiders have been enlightened on the enchantment of this central Asian country, apart from the vendors who plied the Silk Road. But, since Kazakhstan obtained its independence in 1991 and particularly under the ingenious and favorable presidency of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the country has blossomed. As the nation develops, so do Kazakhstan casinos. Flushed with oil capital, it’s boom time in the gaming establishments of this one-time soviet republic. There are seven cities that have amidst them legal casino faculties of which there are for certain twenty eight such spots. Actually if you are eager for a wager, the tables are the only game in town, as Kazakhstan casinos are the only casino operations authorized there.
Most celebrated to the devoted gambler has to be the former capital as well as the exorbitant city in the country, Almaty, that believable Las Vegas of central Asia, flaunting no less than 18 casinos and counting. With a climbing nine per cent increase each year, the Kazakh economy has expanded immensely in the last 10 yrs. and with it the Kazakh craving for the wagering tables. The cosmopolitan, multi-ethnic, multinational city of Almaty is masked from its preceding time as the first city of a grey Soviet satellite state. New wealth has brought enchantment and also excitement to the place, a fact best embodied by the city’s greatest casino, Casino Viva. One of a chain, this amazing Kazakhstan casino hotel can claim twenty six games tables and ninety three gaming machines.
What’s more, the mania for web-based poker has not gone overlooked in Kazakhstan casinos with the advancement of video poker hurriedly becoming a leading preference. Outside of Almaty, the high-spirited player is also served; for example, the capital Astana has five casinos, the chief one in the midst of them being one of the Casino Zodiak chain that enjoys no less than twenty card tables. If that is not nearly enough for persons, casinos are also further afield in the cities of Aktobe, Kokshetau, Pavlodar, Shimkent, and also Ust-kamenogorsk. It is obvious, however, that the Kazakh fondness for the green baize and clink of chips is not stated, seeing as the vice-foreign minister lately went to Macao and also Hong Kong. The visit was reported to be a "short but fruitful" trip devised to study the gaming market of these towns and impel preference in Kazakhstan’s nascent casino industry. In reality, a plausible direct air link has been publicized between Almaty and Hong Kong or Macao, which might elevate desire for this once exotic area soon set to become the desire of the elite.
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