Alex Nevsky January 29, 2014 15:49:33
Azerbaijan will punish illegal gambling operators and gamers with heavy fines and prison sentences. Current Azerbaijani gambling laws forbid all gambling activities in the country except sports betting and lotteries. All currently functioning betting shops and lottery outlets are subject to heavy licensing procedures and must pay taxes to the government. Attaining such licenses and […]
Staff January 29, 2014 15:44:45
Violence ensues as police raid illegal gambling operation. Three police officers were attacked by vicious gamblers during a raid on an illegal gambling den in the northern port city of Hai Phong, police reported. At roughly 10 pm on January 22nd the officers stormed into the underground Vietnamese poker rooms, which was currently occupied by […]
Tom S. January 29, 2014 15:44:45
Violence ensues as police raid illegal gambling operation. Three police officers were attacked by vicious gamblers during a raid on an illegal gambling den in the northern port city of Hai Phong, police reported. At roughly 10 pm on January 22nd the officers stormed into the underground Vietnamese poker rooms, which was currently occupied by […]
Alex Nevsky January 29, 2014 15:15:47
Casino gambling is totally legal in Armenia, but some casinos are at a bit of advantage over the others. There are eight large casinos operating in full compliance with Armenian gambling laws, including Flamingo, Shangri-La, Senator, and others. However, the biggest of them is Pharaoh, which is looking to rule the gambling business in the […]
Tom S. January 29, 2014 15:03:59
Intense crackdown in the majority-Muslim country continues. Police in the state of Kajang recently smashed 1,204 electronic gaming machines as part of the broad and intense gambling crackdown in Malaysia. Assistant Police Commissioner Abdul Rashid Abdul Wahab issued a statement asserting that a judge had order the destruction of the machines. Malaysia has made gambling […]
Alex Nevsky January 29, 2014 14:56:51
A giant hotel-casino complex is being built on Turkmen shores of the Caspian Sea, hoping to become the country’s Las Vegas. Right on the shores of Caspian Sea in Turkmenistan, there are seven marble hotels-brothers, erected by direct order of Turkmen President, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. These are the first buildings of the Avaza tourist complex, which […]
Alex Nevsky January 29, 2014 14:43:22
Gambling industry is not all about roulette, blackjack, and poker. Turkmenistan reveals how gambling can be influenced by traditions. Turkmen gambling was heavily influenced by national traditions and sometimes even refer to struggle between classes and fight for independence. During the Soviet times, Turkmen games were heavily edited to be used in communist education of […]
Tom S. January 29, 2014 14:18:32
A number of business leaders in Japan have expressed their support to legalize casino gambling in Japan. With the current Japanese gambling laws in place, casino gambling is still illegal in the Asian country. However, it looks like a new bid has been set in motion to legalize casinos in Japan. Business leaders in the […]
Alex Nevsky January 29, 2014 14:06:06
When a casino is located on a border of three countries at once, it’s bound to bring just problems, but that’s not the case with Shangri-La Casino. The Shangri-La Casino has opened its doors in January 2010. The gambling establishment operates under controversial Tajik gambling laws, and thus is in a kind of legal limbo. […]
Alex Nevsky January 29, 2014 13:52:31
According to Moldavian news, the country’s parliament is discussing a change to gambling laws. Should the amendment to Moldavian gambling laws go through the Parliament, casinos could be moved outside big cities. Members of Parliament have put forward a number of drafts on how to address the growing problem of gambling in the country. One […]
