No Casinos
June 30st, 2009 was the last day allowed for casinos and slot machines to operate in Russian cities.
Before there were thousands of casinos of different size and level all across the country, then year ago they were officially banned and had to relocate to three special “casino zones”, territories that were assigned by law with this status.
The casino owners were not believing this, trusting in their powerful lobby that had to abolish this bill and let the things stay as they were before, so nobody has done anything regarding the relocation to the approved places, in fact those places stayed just raw pieces of woods with even no any signs of urbanization, that’s how strong their belief in the lobby was.
And then the July 1st, 2009 came and the miracle hasn’t happened, the casinos were closed. They say that 500,000 people become jobless as a result of this act, though it’s not clear if those are real numbers or another propaganda issue from Casino lobbists.
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Casinos in the invention of Evil Westerners.
OMG Russia are so immature they have to be FORCED to close down casino because they cannot control themselves with their money, while we made casino a 500 billion dollar business in the west
Second!
There’s always a hot girl in a cassino…
russians got balls
This is stupid. Many people lost their jobs that worked in casinos. Instead of closing them, just make them accessible to people with money by raising stakes and charging for membership may be. This way poor people with a gambling problem wouldn’t be able to play there.
Think of how many people waste their life savings, because they have no self control, many more then 5oo,ooo jobs were saved!
Smart person, who created that act.
atleast some one is thinking
Where are the three special “casino zones” ? Seaside as I guess (at least, it was long like that in France) ?
Also think that, for once, Russian politicians got balls… Or maybe more certainly, someone got a better interest for himself than 500000 employees. Anyway, it is better that way I think…
http://en.beta.rian.ru/images/15522/75/155227544.jpg
Yantarnaya, “Azov City”, “Siberian Coin” and Primorye.
Mostly run by Georgian mafia… good riddens!
I think it’s a big step backwards. Freedom means that you have to take responsibility. You should be free to gamble, and free to become a beggar if you want.
Not during economical hardship and not when the fate of the nation depends on it. Most of these casinos are run by the Russian Mafia anyway… or Georgian/Chechen gangs.
So take them from the mafia and make them state controlled like the US did in the 70s.
In the US, casino ownership went from the mob to the corporations not the state.
Today, US casinos are regulated at the state level ranging from Nevada (very pro-player is best for biz in the long run) to the casinos on the Indian Reservations which are scams. They own the casino & they own the court you complain to.
The thing is people have always gambled. When you ban stuff that people want, you just make criminals rich and powerful. If Putin cared about helping people for real, he would break the back of the banking cartel.
nice photos dude!!
Ha Ha The house loses ! Looks like some demolition workers found employment dismantling those garish edifices of sin ! Go Putin Go !