Landlocked Kazakhstan has existed as a mystery to the western traveler for generations, unknown from the pages of Marco Polo or Kipling. Few outsiders have experienced the fascination of this central Asian country, aside from the sellers who plied the Silk Road. Yet, considering that Kazakhstan attained its independence in 1991 and specifically under the ingenious and favorable presidency of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the country has expanded. As the nation flourishes, so do Kazakhstan casinos. Flushed with oil currency, it’s boom time in the gambling companies of this one-time soviet republic. There are seven cities that have among them legal casino faculties of which there are conclusively twenty-eight such hangouts. In truth if you are craving for a wager, the tables are the only game in town, as Kazakhstan casinos are the only wagering operations enabled there.
Most acclaimed to the devoted contender should be the long-time capital and of course biggest city in the country, Almaty, that realistic Las Vegas of central Asia, claiming no less than eighteen casinos and counting. With an ascending 9 per cent enhancement every year, the Kazakh economy has developed excessively in the last ten years and with it the Kazakh craze for the wagering tables. The cosmopolitan, multi-ethnic, multinational city of Almaty is masked from its preceding period as the principal city of a grey Soviet satellite state. New wealth has brought elegance as well as anticipation to the place, a fact best embodied by the city’s greatest casino, Casino Viva. One of a chain, this awesome Kazakhstan casino hotel can have twenty-six games tables and 93 gaming machines.
What’s more, the fad for Internet poker has not gone unnoticed in Kazakhstan casinos with the introduction of video poker fast becoming a preferred choice. Outside of Almaty, the high-spirited gamer is also served; as a reference, the capital Astana has 5 casinos, the key one amidst them being one of the Casino Zodiak chain that boasts in no way less than 20 card tables. If that is not enough for you, casinos are also located further afield in the cities of Aktobe, Kokshetau, Pavlodar, Shimkent, and Ust-kamenogorsk. It is distinct, however, that the Kazakh favoritism for the green baize and clink of chips is not stated, given that the vice-foreign minister a short while ago visited Macao as well as Hong Kong. The visit was considered to be a "short but fruitful" trip developed to study the gaming industries of these towns and arouse appeal in Kazakhstan’s nascent casino business. As a matter of fact, a potential direct air link has been established between Almaty and Hong Kong or Macao, which may bolster appetite for this once beautiful destination soon set to become the desire of the popular crowd.