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Landlocked Kazakhstan has prolonged to be a mystery to the western traveler for hundreds of years, unknown from the pages of Marco Polo or Kipling. Several outsiders have acquainted themselves with the attraction of this central Asian country, aside from the salespersons who plied the Silk Road. However, seeing that Kazakhstan acquired its independence in 1991 and particularly under the intelligent and favorable presidency of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the country has expanded. As the nation blooms, so do Kazakhstan casinos. Flushed with oil revenue, it’s boom time in the games associations of this previous soviet republic. There are seven cities that have amidst them legal casino provisions of which there are precisely twenty eight such venues. Clearly if you are aspiring for a game, the tables are the only game in town, as Kazakhstan casinos are the only gambling operations enabled there.
Most celebrated to the constant contender should be the previous capital as well as the greatest city in the area, Almaty, that convincing Las Vegas of central Asia, flaunting no less than eighteen casinos and counting. With a soaring nine percent growth per year, the Kazakh economy has developed exceptionally in the last 10 years and with it the Kazakh craving for the gambling tables. The cosmopolitan, multi-ethnic, multinational city of Almaty is not recognizable from its preceding period as the central city of a grey Soviet satellite state. New wealth has brought refinement and anticipation to the place, a fact best embodied by the city’s greatest casino, Casino Viva. One of a chain, this fabulous Kazakhstan casino hotel can hold twenty six games tables and ninety-three gaming machines.
What’s more, the rage for cyber poker has not gone without observation in Kazakhstan casinos with the advancement of video poker quickly becoming a favorite. Outside of Almaty, the adventurous contender is also served; as a reference, the capital Astana has five casinos, the chief one among them being one of the Casino Zodiak chain that maintains definitely no less than twenty card tables. If that is not actually enough for persons, casinos are also to be found further afield in the cities of Aktobe, Kokshetau, Pavlodar, Shimkent, and also Ust-kamenogorsk. It is obvious, in any case, that the Kazakh delight for the green baize and clink of chips is not stated, seeing as the vice-foreign minister recently went to Macao as well as Hong Kong. The visit was reported to be a "short but fruitful" trip developed to study the gaming resources of these towns and empower interest in Kazakhstan’s nascent casino industry. In fact, a possible direct air link has been credited between Almaty and Hong Kong or Macao, which might raise enthusiasm for this once attractive place soon set to become the preference of the right people.
November 21st, 2009
Callie
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