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Landlocked Kazakhstan has continued to be a mystery to the western traveler for hundreds of years, unknown from the pages of Marco Polo or Kipling. Some outsiders have been enlightened on the appeal of this central Asian country, besides the vendors who plied the Silk Road. However, considering that Kazakhstan acquired its independence in 1991 and specially under the farsighted and accommodating presidency of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the country has progressed. As the nation flourishes, so do Kazakhstan casinos. Flushed with oil dollars, it’s boom time in the games companies of this former soviet republic. There are seven cities that have amidst them legal casino facilities of which there are exactly 28 such areas. Certainly if you are hungry for a stake, the tables are the only game in town, as Kazakhstan casinos are the only casino gambling operations permitted there.

Most celebrated to the faithful casino player must be the prior capital and also biggest city in the region, Almaty, that realistic Las Vegas of central Asia, showing off no less than eighteen casinos and counting. With a rising 9 per cent boost per annum, the Kazakh economy has grown excessively in the last 10 years and with it the Kazakh demand for the gambling tables. The cosmopolitan, multi-ethnic, multinational city of Almaty is shielded from its prior time as the core city of a grey Soviet satellite state. New wealth has brought class along with adventure to the place, a fact best embodied by the city’s biggest casino, Casino Viva. One of a chain, this extravagant Kazakhstan casino hotel can display 26 games tables and 93 coin-operated machines.

What’s more, the fad for web-based poker has not gone without observation in Kazakhstan casinos with the advancement of video poker rapidly becoming a top choice. Outside of Almaty, the invincible bettor is also served; as a reference, the capital Astana has five casinos, the ace one among them being one of the Casino Zodiak chain that holds no less than 20 card tables. If that is in no way enough for gamblers, casinos are also located further afield in the cities of Aktobe, Kokshetau, Pavlodar, Shimkent, also Ust-kamenogorsk. It is clear, regardless, that the Kazakh fondness for the green baize and clink of chips isn’t stated, because the vice-foreign minister a short while ago visited Macao as well as Hong Kong. The visit was announced to be a "short but fruitful" trip developed to study the gaming market of these towns and instigate favor in Kazakhstan’s nascent casino business. Indeed, a likely direct air link has been credited between Almaty and Hong Kong or Macao, which should elevate enthusiasm for this once attractive destination soon set to become the pick of the popular crowd.