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Landlocked Kazakhstan has continued to be a mystery to the western traveler for several hundred years, unknown from the pages of Marco Polo or Kipling. A number of outsiders have acquainted themselves with the charms of this central Asian country, besides the merchants who plied the Silk Road. Regardless, given that Kazakhstan obtained its independence in 1991 and notably under the astute and benevolent presidency of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the country has blossomed. As the nation flourishes, so do Kazakhstan casinos. Flushed with oil dollars, it’s boom time in the playing associations of this prior soviet republic. There are seven cities that have among them legal casino resources of which there are precisely twenty eight such locations. Indeed if you are eager for a wager, the tables are the only game in town, as Kazakhstan casinos are the only wagering operations authorized there.

Most acclaimed to the dedicated player should be the passed capital and of course colossal city in the area, Almaty, that convincing Las Vegas of central Asia, claiming no less than 18 casinos and counting. With a soaring nine per cent enhancement every year, the Kazakh economy has grown immensely in the last 10 years and with it the Kazakh craze for the gaming tables. The cosmopolitan, multi-ethnic, multinational city of Almaty is not recognizable from its prior time as the chief city of a grey Soviet satellite state. New wealth has brought glamor as well as exhilaration to the place, a fact best embodied by the city’s largest casino, Casino Viva. One of a chain, this fabulous Kazakhstan casino hotel can have twenty-six games tables and 93 gaming machines.

What’s more, the frenzy for web-based poker has not gone without observation in Kazakhstan casinos with the introduction of video poker hastily becoming a favorite. Outside of Almaty, the fearless bettor is also served; for example, the capital Astana has five casinos, the key one in the midst of them being one of the Casino Zodiak chain that maintains absolutely no less than twenty card tables. If that is not nearly enough for you, casinos are also found further afield in the cities of Aktobe, Kokshetau, Pavlodar, Shimkent, as well as Ust-kamenogorsk. It is apparent, regardless, that the Kazakh adoration for the green baize and clink of chips is not stated, since the vice-foreign minister lately visited Macao and Hong Kong. The visit was expressed to be a "short but fruitful" trip developed to study the wagering market of these towns and encourage favor in Kazakhstan’s nascent casino industry. Indeed, a likely direct air link has been credited between Almaty and Hong Kong or Macao, which may build eagerness for this once charismatic spot soon set to become the alternative of the right people.