Kazakhstan Casinos
January 8th, 2010 at 22:21
Landlocked Kazakhstan has remained a mystery to the western traveler for several hundred years, unknown from the pages of Marco Polo or Kipling. Some outsiders have experienced the charisma of this central Asian country, aside from the vendors who plied the Silk Road. Still, because Kazakhstan achieved its independence in 1991 and specifically under the farsighted and unselfish presidency of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the country has progressed. As the nation flourishes, so do Kazakhstan casinos. Flushed with oil dollars, it’s boom time in the playing businesses of this former soviet republic. There are seven cities that have amidst them legal casino facilities of which there are actually twenty-eight such places. Clearly if you are hungry for a game, the tables are the only game in town, as Kazakhstan casinos are the only gaming operations at liberty there.
Most acclaimed to the dedicated gambler should be the prior capital as well as the biggest city in the region, Almaty, that veritable Las Vegas of central Asia, flaunting not less than 18 casinos and counting. With an elevating 9 per cent boost each year, the Kazakh economy has developed immensely in the last 10 years and with it the Kazakh desire for the casino tables. The cosmopolitan, multi-ethnic, multinational city of Almaty is not recognizable from its prior existence as the first city of a grey Soviet satellite state. New wealth has brought glamor and excitement to the place, a fact best embodied by the city’s largest casino, Casino Viva. One of a chain, this exceptional Kazakhstan casino hotel can have twenty-six games tables and ninety three coin-operated machines.
What’s more, the fad for on-line poker has not gone neglected in Kazakhstan casinos with the development of video poker quickly becoming a top choice. Outside of Almaty, the fearless gamer is also served; for e.g., the capital Astana has 5 casinos, the key one among them being one of the Casino Zodiak chain that delights in in no way less than twenty card tables. If that is in no way enough for you, casinos are also further afield in the cities of Aktobe, Kokshetau, Pavlodar, Shimkent, and also Ust-kamenogorsk. It is apparent, regardless, that the Kazakh dedication for the green baize and clink of chips is not stated, seeing that the vice-foreign minister recently went to Macao along with Hong Kong. The visit was reported to be a "short but fruitful" trip developed to study the betting resources of these towns and encourage preference in Kazakhstan’s nascent casino industry. In fact, a probable direct air link has been touted between Almaty and Hong Kong or Macao, which could build willingness for this once attractive area soon set to become the favorite of the in-crowd.