Lawmakers Death Raises Concerns Over Remote Casinos In Russia
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Last year, the Russian government changed their casino gambling laws and ordered casinos near major cities to close. The government told these casinos they could relocate to remote areas of Russia.
The news was not met with high regard among the casino owners, but several vowed to open the casinos in the remote areas. This weekend, the first of those casinos, Oracle Casino in Azov City, opened their doors for the first time.
Lawmaker Nikolai Kotlyarov was one of those in attendance when the new gambling facility opened. Kotlyarov was killed on his way home from the casino at around 1AM on Sunday when the Toyota Camry he was in struck a parked car on the side of the road and crashed into a guardrail.
The death is now raising concerns around Russia of the decision to place the casinos in hard to reach, remote areas of Russia. The long travel time and dangerous roads lend themselves to more of these tragedy's in the future, according to some experts.
The Russian government was attempting to rid the major cities of the problems that come along with casino gambling last year when they enacted the law forbidding casinos in some cities, but allowing them in others.
The casino owners were concerned that the areas where the casinos would be allowed were broken down, low income areas where the casinos could not survive. Despite that opinion, there are several owners who have moved along with plans to open the casinos in these remote locations.
January 31, 2010
Posted By April Gardner
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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