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Russia may ban betting on non-sports events. It is a new draft to the bill of the Russian Ministry of Finance, regulating gambling. The gist of the bill may be divided into two parts: Ban on non-sports events offline and online betting (the Oscars, the end of the world, etc.); Tax: operators will have to pay 10% of their quarterly sales income in favor of domestic sports. Earlier a draft law on criminal and administrative liability was developed in the...
Games developer Join Games has signed an agreement to have their suite of games hosted with Slotegrator. The multi-year deal will feature the supplier’s iconic games, including their latest CineSlot, which is becoming increasingly popular in Nordic and UK markets, also thanks to an extensive offline advertising campaign. Luigi Spina of Join Games, said the deal was one of several deals on the horizon as the company looks to scale up its B2B operations. He went on to elaborate, “We’re...
The governor of Primorye Vladimir Miklushevsky offers to create a free trade area in the local gambling zone. Residents of the gambling zone came up with this idea when Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev visited Far East. Earlier this initiative was supported by the governor of Primorsky Territory Vladimir Miklushevskiy. He cited foreign experience, which shows that the bigger part of revenue in gambling regions comes from related services such as shopping, hotels and entertainment, rather than gambling. Free...
Kaliningrad Region Governor Nikolai Tsukanov told Vladimir Putin about plans to build the "New City" resort in the gaming and entertainment zone "Yantarnaya". According to the region governor, the President has supported the recreational complex project. Currently, the regional authorities are trying to find investors to implement it. The New City Resort will take 600 acres of land on the Baltic coast. In addition to gambling houses, it is planned to build a health resort, aqua parks, hotels and other...
Since the opening of casino in the Primorye gambling zone, more than 100 thousand guests came there – such numbers were announced by Konstantin Shestakov, head of local tourism authority. According to him, Tigre de Cristal – the first and the only one casino that opened in November, 2015 – accepts 500 visitors a day. Shestakov also reported that the volume of private investments in Primorye exceeds RUB 8 billion (more than $120 million). Earlier, the press service of Tigre...
