October 14, 2011

Eastern Russia to get first casino

A Casino & Leisure developer has won permission to build Primorye region’s first legal casino. The First Eastern Gaming Company is finalizing the design for an entertainment complex, which will include the casino.

The region is one of Russia’s four legal gambling zones, which were established by federal law in 2009.

The law that brought about the new scheme was signed in 2006, but many people expected that it would never be enforced. The law limits all gambling to Azov City, the Kaliningrad exclave on the Baltic Sea, the Altai region of Siberia and the Primorsky region of Russia’s Far East.

The development is close enough to China to have some impact on Macau and even Singapore should the developers be able to impact those markets.

How large, what exact facilities and what are the target client’s is still unknown from “First Eastern” developers, but The iGaming Post will bring you more on this story soon.

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