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Landlocked Kazakhstan has lasted as a mystery to the western traveler for hundreds of years, unknown from the pages of Marco Polo or Kipling. A number of outsiders have experienced the fascination of this central Asian country, aside from the sellers who plied the Silk Road. Still, since Kazakhstan obtained its independence in 1991 and above all under the astute and noble presidency of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the country has grown. As the nation blooms, so do Kazakhstan casinos. Flushed with oil capital, it’s boom time in the games associations of this previous soviet republic. There are seven cities that have amidst them legal casino capacities of which there are actually twenty eight such locations. Certainly if you are craving for a gamble, the tables are the only game in town, as Kazakhstan casinos are the only gaming operations permitted there.

Most distinguished to the dedicated contender would be the one-time capital and biggest city in the region, Almaty, that convincing Las Vegas of central Asia, exhibiting no less than 18 casinos and counting. With a soaring 9 percent growth each year, the Kazakh economy has grown greatly in the last ten yrs. and with it the Kazakh demand for the wagering tables. The cosmopolitan, multi-ethnic, multinational city of Almaty is invisible from its last time as the key city of a grey Soviet satellite state. New wealth has brought enchantment and thrill to the place, a fact best embodied by the city’s largest casino, Casino Viva. One of a chain, this extravagant Kazakhstan casino hotel can exhibit twenty six games tables and ninety-three slot games.

What’s more, the mania for web poker hasn’t gone disregarded in Kazakhstan casinos with the breakthrough of video poker quickly becoming a leading choice. Outside of Almaty, the adventurous gamer is also served; e.g., the capital Astana has five casinos, the better one in the midst of them being one of the Casino Zodiak chain that enjoys in no way less than twenty card tables. If that isn’t actually enough for you, casinos are also further afield in the cities of Aktobe, Kokshetau, Pavlodar, Shimkent, as well as Ust-kamenogorsk. It is apparent, anyway, that the Kazakh delight for the green baize and clink of chips isn’t stated, seeing that the vice-foreign minister recently visited Macao as well as Hong Kong. The visit was declared to be a "short but fruitful" trip put together to study the gambling industries of these towns and alleviate preference in Kazakhstan’s nascent casino business. As a matter of fact, a potential direct air link has been touted between Almaty and Hong Kong or Macao, which may build appetite for this once alluring area soon set to become the choice of the elite.