Finally a sigh of relief for the crazy poker and other casino games players of Russia! The first ever legal casino started its maiden run on Saturday. The casino culture was not strong enough in this part of the world and there was a national cessation on all types of casino gambling six months ago. As a result people were forced to hit the online sites for casino gambling but it could never reinstate the original charm of playing in an original casino, surrounded by men and charming ladies from all walks of life.

After six month’s suspension, the first casino has opened its door inside the selected gambling zone. This lucky one, named Oracle Casino, is ideally located in the southern region of the country. It is only an hour’s drive from Rostov. The opening was not so dazzling. Only around 500 people attended the grand opening ceremony of the casino and 100 of them were engaged in different games. Oracle offers 200 slots machines and 10 table games.

The scenario was completely different six months ago. It was unbelievable that gambling was a banned activity in the nation while the city of Moscow has numerous casinos. Immense pressure from the political parties, lots of discussions and economic losses have coerced the state to think again on the matter.

Now casinos and gambling is legally restricted to the zones which have been allocated for casino resorts. But the gambling operators and a lobby of politicians and influential persons don’t agree with this. They squabble that such type of limitation ultimately leads to job loss and encourage black market gambling.

However the team of Oracle Casino has some other things to convey. They state that Russians will soon find the casino gambling in such a distant site fascinating. And they will think to build luxury hotels, motels and other point of interests near the casino gambling zones. This wide range of facilities will slowly but surely draw them to drive to casinos during weekend trips and holidays.

Put side by side and compare opening of casinos in the US with that of Russia! Around 500 Russians were present during the opening ceremony of Oracle while the most recent opening of Las Vegas Sands’ Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, casino saw around 60,000 tourists to the casino in the first three days!

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