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Landlocked Kazakhstan has lasted as a mystery to the western traveler for several hundred years, unknown from the pages of Marco Polo or Kipling. Several outsiders have acquainted themselves with the charms of this central Asian country, apart from the merchants who plied the Silk Road. Regardless, considering that Kazakhstan acquired its independence in 1991 and specially under the ingenious and favorable presidency of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the country has blossomed. As the nation thrives, so do Kazakhstan casinos. Flushed with oil cash, it’s boom time in the gaming establishments of this prior soviet republic. There are 7 cities that have within them legal casino capacities of which there are exactly twenty-eight such venues. Indeed if you are hungry for a wager, the tables are the only game in town, as Kazakhstan casinos are the only betting operations at liberty there.
Most celebrated to the dedicated gambler would be the previous capital as well as the biggest city in the area, Almaty, that veritable Las Vegas of central Asia, flaunting no less than 18 casinos and counting. With a climbing 9% upsurge yearly, the Kazakh economy has developed hugely in the last ten years and with it the Kazakh aspiration for the betting tables. The cosmopolitan, multi-ethnic, multinational city of Almaty is invisible from its previous time as the key city of a grey Soviet satellite state. New wealth has brought class and also excitement to the place, a fact best embodied by the city’s grandest casino, Casino Viva. One of a chain, this awesome Kazakhstan casino hotel can maintain twenty six games tables and ninety three slot machine games.
What’s more, the mania for Internet poker has not gone unnoticed in Kazakhstan casinos with the breakthrough of video poker quickly becoming a crowd pleaser. Outside of Almaty, the fearless contender 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 holds absolutely no less than 20 card tables. If that isn’t enough for individuals, casinos are also found further afield in the cities of Aktobe, Kokshetau, Pavlodar, Shimkent, as well as Ust-kamenogorsk. It is obvious, anyway, that the Kazakh dedication for the green baize and clink of chips is not stated, seeing that the vice-foreign minister lately visited Macao and also Hong Kong. The visit was expressed to be a "short but fruitful" trip created to study the gaming resources of these towns and alleviate appeal in Kazakhstan’s nascent casino business. Indeed, a plausible direct air link has been touted between Almaty and Hong Kong or Macao, which could boost appetite for this once exotic region soon set to become the preference of the cream of society.
March 27th, 2010
Mohammed
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