Kazakhstan Casinos
Posted in Casino on 01/30/2010 06:21 am by Jarrett
Landlocked Kazakhstan has lasted as a mystery to the western traveler for ages, unknown from the pages of Marco Polo or Kipling. Few outsiders have experienced the charisma of this central Asian country, besides the merchandisers who plied the Silk Road. Still, seeing that Kazakhstan gained its independence in 1991 and above all under the farsighted and warmhearted presidency of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the country has blossomed. As the nation develops, so do Kazakhstan casinos. Flushed with oil dollars, it’s boom time in the games corporations of this former soviet republic. There are 7 cities that have amid them legal casino capacities of which there are specifically 28 such spots. In truth if you are eager for a game, the tables are the only game in town, as Kazakhstan casinos are the only casino gambling operations at liberty there.
Most distinguished to the devoted player should be the long-time capital and also exorbitant city in the area, Almaty, that evident Las Vegas of central Asia, showing off not less than eighteen casinos and counting. With an elevating 9 per cent enhancement per year, the Kazakh economy has extended greatly in the last ten yrs. and with it the Kazakh craving for the gaming tables. The cosmopolitan, multi-ethnic, multinational city of Almaty is invisible from its previous period as the key city of a grey Soviet satellite state. New wealth has brought enchantment and anticipation to the place, a fact best embodied by the city’s largest casino, Casino Viva. One of a chain, this extravagant Kazakhstan casino hotel can maintain 26 games tables and ninety three coin-operated machines.
What’s more, the frenzy for Internet poker hasn’t gone unseen in Kazakhstan casinos with the innovation of video poker hastily becoming a crowd pleaser. Outside of Almaty, the brave 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 absolutely no less than 20 card tables. If that is not enough for persons, casinos are also to be found further afield in the cities of Aktobe, Kokshetau, Pavlodar, Shimkent, also Ust-kamenogorsk. It is clear, anyway, that the Kazakh dedication for the green baize and clink of chips is not stated, given that the vice-foreign minister a short while ago went to Macao and Hong Kong. The visit was considered to be a "short but fruitful" trip put together to study the gaming industries of these towns and impel interest in Kazakhstan’s nascent casino industry. Certainly, a possible direct air link has been touted between Almaty and Hong Kong or Macao, which might boost willingness for this once attractive location soon set to become the pick of the in-crowd.