Major Changes in Store for Russian Casinos
Jun 28, 2009 | 7:31 pm
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Major Changes in Store for Russian Casinos
I don't know if this is the place to post this or not, but I thought it might interest some on this forum.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/wo....html?_r=1&hpw
"MOSCOW — One of the largest mass layoffs in recent Russian history is to occur on Wednesday, and the Kremlin itself is decreeing it, economic crisis or not.
The government is shutting down every last legal casino and slot-machine parlor across the land, under an antivice plan promoted by Vladimir V. Putin that as recently as a few months ago was widely perceived as far-fetched. But the result will be hundreds of thousands of people thrown out of work.
And in a move that at times seems to have taken on almost farcical overtones, the Kremlin has offered the gambling industry only one option for survival: relocate to four regions in remote areas of Russia, as many as 4,000 miles from the capital. The potential marketing slogans — Come to the Las Vegas of Siberia! Have a Ball near the North Korean Border! — may not sound inviting, but that is in part what the government envisions."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/wo....html?_r=1&hpw
"MOSCOW — One of the largest mass layoffs in recent Russian history is to occur on Wednesday, and the Kremlin itself is decreeing it, economic crisis or not.
The government is shutting down every last legal casino and slot-machine parlor across the land, under an antivice plan promoted by Vladimir V. Putin that as recently as a few months ago was widely perceived as far-fetched. But the result will be hundreds of thousands of people thrown out of work.
And in a move that at times seems to have taken on almost farcical overtones, the Kremlin has offered the gambling industry only one option for survival: relocate to four regions in remote areas of Russia, as many as 4,000 miles from the capital. The potential marketing slogans — Come to the Las Vegas of Siberia! Have a Ball near the North Korean Border! — may not sound inviting, but that is in part what the government envisions."
Jun 28, 2009 | 9:13 pm
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Obviously there will still be a Roosian mafiya running underground casinos, and Putin will get a taste.
I can't wait for the casino towns in Irkutsk or Yabutsk or wherever to spring up. How many roubles will people have to bet to get their borscht comped?
I can't wait for the casino towns in Irkutsk or Yabutsk or wherever to spring up. How many roubles will people have to bet to get their borscht comped?