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 […]
Alex Nevsky January 29, 2014 13:40:09
The Parliament of Georgia could be moving towards a hard stance on gambling. Last year a proposal to amend Georgian gambling laws was put before the country’s Parliament. It came from a known opponent of gambling, Zurab Tkemaladze, chairman of parliamentary commission on industrial economics. The proposal can potentially not only limit the gambling industry, […]
Tom S. January 29, 2014 13:14:06
Bulgaria has set the ball in motion for a new testing laboratory to aid online casinos, sportsbetting and poker operators that are looking to gain a foothold in the country’s market. Things have never been easy in Bulgaria where online gambling and Bulgarian gambling laws are concerned. The high taxation and internet blacklist made Bulgaria […]
Alex Nevsky January 29, 2014 13:04:01
The biggest land-based and online sports betting operator in Azerbaijan could be under threat from the country’s government. Topaz – is the largest operator of online sportsbooks in Azerbaijan. The company was established in 2011 and operates highly successfully in most former USSR republics. It is not only the biggest sports betting operator in Azerbaijan, […]
