Search Results for: "Azov City gaming zone"

Azov-City gaming zone to stay active till 2019

May 5, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino closures, Russia, Russia

Trying to boost business in the $42 billion investment in Sochi, Russian authorities have already announced shutting down casinos in the Azov-City gaming zone. However, the president Vladimir Putin has decided ...

Russia’s oldest gambling zone to be shuttered from December 31

Adam Morgan

October 31, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino News, Casino closures, Licenses, Russia

In Russia, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (pictured) has reportedly signed an official order that will see the casino gambling zone near the southern city of Azov closed from the last day of December. A deca...

Russia may be considering sixth casino-friendly zone

Adam Morgan

February 8, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Russia

Russia may be about to authorize its sixth casino-friendly zone after reports emerged yesterday that a Turkish company has been commissioned to design a seaside resort that is set to include a pair of casinos i...

Russian Gaming Week Sochi to be held October 27

Lars Jones

October 19, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Conferences / Trade Shows, Russia, Russia

Russian Gaming Week (RGW) Sochi will be held October 27 at the Sea Galaxy Hotel Congress & SPA in Sochi Russia. The event, organized by Smile-Expo will present a wealth of information and opportunities for ...

RGW Sochi speakers to reveal more about new Russian gambling zone

Lars Jones

October 12, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Conferences / Trade Shows, Russia, Russia

With billions of dollars already invested in infrastructure and facilities for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Russia is moving ahead with plans to populate another gambling zone, this one in the Krasnodar regi...

Olympic Village part of Sochi gambling zone, Crimea construction to begin 2017

Lars Jones

August 26, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Russia, Russia

Krasnaya Polyana (Красная Поляна) will be the name of the newly minted Russian gambling zone to replace doomed Azov City, according to media reports coming out of the former Soviet state. The "Gorky Gorod" ski ...

New gambling zone to be created in Sochi

Sadonna Price

August 21, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Russia

The city of Sochi is set to create a new gambling zone after Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian Prime Minister, gave the go-ahead. TASS, a Russian news agency, is reporting that on the 10th of August, a resolution wa...

Royal Time Group loses court claim for compensation in the liquidation of Azov City

Lars Jones

August 11, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Russia, Russia

Casino investor, Royal Time Group recently lost a court case seeking compensation for investments in the Azov City gaming area of Russia's Krasnodar region. The area was designated as a Gambling Zone in 2009. R...

Merkur installs new machines at Shambala Casino in Russia’s Azov City

K Morrison

June 17, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Technology, Game manufacturers, Russia

In spite of the Putin government ordering casino operators in the entire Azov City gaming zone to close shop by January 1, 2019, Merkur Gaming (GmbH), a Lübbecke, Germany -based company that designs and manufac...

Russian Gaming Week 10th Anniversary exhibition and conference June 2, 3 Moscow

Lars Jones

April 27, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Conferences / Trade Shows, Russia, Russia

Russian Gaming Week (RGW) is set to bring all sectors of the burgeoning CIS casino industry together in one place when the Tenth Annual RGW is held at the Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Center in Moscow on...

Casinos in Russia’s Azov-city might remain open 3 more years

Lars Jones

February 29, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino closures, Russia, Russia

There were once over 30,000 legal and illegal casinos operating in Russia, with as many as 4,000 of them being sanctioned. In 2007 special gambling zones were created, mostly away from population centers, and i...

Russian casino operator seeking Crimea assurances

Adam Morgan

May 29, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Russia

In Russia, the man behind two casinos in the region around the town of Azov has reportedly declared that he is interested in opening a gaming facility in the recently-established Crimea gambling zone so long as...

Siberian casino developer sanctioned for delays

Lars Jones

April 18, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Russia, Russia

Although Hein Yongli LLC won an auction for the fifth integrated casino resort to be built in the Primorye Entertainment Zone near Vladivostock, Russia, the company has failed to meet construction expectations ...

Grand opening of Sochi casino today

K Morrison

January 5, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino openings, Russia

The RUB 4 billion ($66.3 million) Sochi Casino and Resort, located in the 165,000 square meter Krasnaya Polyana gambling zone in Sochi, is slated to open today. Situated in the existing mountain cluster of G...

Gambling in Sochi to even out seasonal economy

Lars Jones

December 28, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Casino openings, Casino project updates, Economy/Finance, Russia, Russia

The Russian state-owned news agency TASS is reporting that the new Krasnaya Polyana gambling zone in Sochi will attract the attention of tourists and help drive the economy of the area during the mountain clust...