Tagged primorsky krai

Inaugural Sochi casino to hold December 31 soft launch

December 3, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino openings, Russia

In Russia, the first casino near the southern city of Sochi has announced that it will be holding a soft launch on the afternoon of December 31 before officially opening to the general public five days later. ...

N-Tech.Lab Limited launches FindFace Cloud API

Adam Morgan

November 25, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Technology, Crime, Russia

In Russia, facial recognition software firm N-Tech.Lab Limited has built upon the success of its FindFace service with the launch of its new and more powerful FindFace Cloud API innovation. Moscow-based N-Te...

Tigre De Cristal second phase could cost up to $500 million

Adam Morgan

November 24, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino project updates, Russia

After last month revealing that its Tigre De Cristal casino resort had generated gaming taxes of over $8 million during its first year of operation, operator G1 Entertainment has now reportedly declared that it...

Sochi officials award inaugural casino license to LLC Domain

Adam Morgan

November 8, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino project updates, Licenses, Russia

As negotiations to bring gambling to the Crimea region of Russia continue at pace, local officials in the southern city of Sochi have this week granted a first casino operating license to a company called LLC D...

Tigre de Cristal casino in Siberia sees exponential growth with Macau junkets

Renee Kingsley

October 14, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino expansion projects, Economy/Finance, Russia

Summit Ascent Holdings, the company that operators the Tigre de Cristal casino in the Russian Far East has reported exponential growth at the casino during the first six months of 2016. The report which was pu...

NagaCorp Limited “on schedule” in Russia after overcoming construction delay

Adam Morgan

October 12, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino project updates, Russia

After earlier reporting that construction on its Seaside Entertainment Resorts City in Russia’s Primorsky Krai region had been delayed due to workers unexpectedly unearthing some archaeological finds, Cambodian...

Tigre De Cristal principal posts six-month profit

Adam Morgan

September 2, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Economy/Finance, Russia

The company behind the Tigre De Cristal casino resort in Russia’s Primorsky Krai region, Summit Ascent Holdings Limited, has released its consolidated financial results for the six months to the end of June sho...

Tigre De Cristal owner agrees partnership with South Korean casino operator

Adam Morgan

August 15, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Russia

The company behind the Tigre De Cristal casino resort in Russia’s Primorsky Krai region, Summit Ascent Holdings Limited, has reportedly signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Kangwon Land Incorpo...

Crimea establishes gambling zone

Adam Morgan

June 23, 2016

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

Russia will soon have one more zone in which it will be legal to gamble after officials in the disputed region of Crimea reportedly approved the boundaries of a new casino-friendly area. According to a repor...

Russian Far East gambling zone running behind schedule

Adam Morgan

June 16, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino project updates, Russia

Efforts to turn the Primorsky Krai region in the far east of Russia into a gambling zone have hit a snag with three of the province’s four planned casinos currently behind schedule to open. According to a re...

Chinese gamblers flock to Siberia’s Tigre de Cristal Casino

Lars Jones

December 31, 2015

Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, China, New Hotels, Casino project updates, Economy/Finance, Russia, Russia

In spite of several unavoidable delays, Tigre de Cristal Casino opened its doors on October 8, 2015 and is operating smoothly with landmark business in Russia's Far East. The Lawrence Ho creation (son of Maca...

Sea route to Tigre de Cristal casino proposed by high ranking Russian envoy

Lars Jones

October 27, 2015

New Hotels, Casino project updates, Economy/Finance, Macau, Russia, Russia

Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, Yury Trutnev visited the newly opened Tigre de Cristal casino recently along with Primorye Governor Vladimir Miklushevsky. The o...

Tigre de Cristal to hold Grand Opening Nov 11

Lars Jones

October 22, 2015

New Hotels, Casino openings, Casino project updates, Russia

After a successful soft launch on October 8th, Lawrence Ho's Tigre de Cristal announced today that they will be holding a Grand Opening celebration on November 11th. The casino will be closed for an “Invite Onl...

Tigre de Cristal soft launch successful

Lars Jones

October 8, 2015

Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, New Hotels, Casino openings, Casino project updates, Russia

Reports indicate that Tigre de Cristal held a successful soft launch or "test opening" Thursday afternoon near Vladivostok, Russia. Local media outlets were indicating that events would occur between 16:00 and ...

Tigre de Cristal set to open within hours; All quiet on the Russian front

Lars Jones

October 7, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino openings, Casino project updates, Macau, Philippines, Russia

In mere hours one of them most exciting new casino projects in recent times is set to open its doors to the public in a "soft launch". Local and regional dignitaries as well as local press have already had thei...