Post by radovic on Jul 1, 2009 11:16:27 GMT -5
Russian Casinos Move to Montenegro, Croatia and Serbia
BalkanTravellers.com
30 June 2009 | After tomorrow’s impending ban on casinos and gambling venues in Russia, their owners say they will transfer their business to the Balkans, namely Montenegro, Serbia and Croatia.
After Russia’s president at the time, Vladimir Putin, suggested in 2006 that all casinos in the country be closed down, comparing the harm of gambling to that of alcoholism, they will be banned from working in Russia on July 1.
As a result, the casinos’ owners have stated their intent to move their business to the Balkans.
Anatoly Kuznetsov, Chief Executive Officer of the Korston consortium, already announced he will move his casino to the resort of Budva in Montenegro. His company, according to the Serbian Vecernje novosti newspaper, has already pucrchased the Queen Montenegro hotel in Budva, while the playing tables and gambling machines will be brought over from Moscow.
The three big Russian companies Ritzio Entertainment group and Jackpot have already bought 12 clubs with gambling machines in the Croatian cities of Split, Rijeka and Požega, Skobic, secretary of the Croatian casinos union, confirmed to Croatian Jutarnji list newspaper.
About five per cent of Russian investors to move their business to Croatia, Skobic said, but added that many of them are turned off from Croatia as the new smoking ban in the country has decreased the casinos’ turnaround by 80 per cent.
One of the owners of the Ritzio Entertainment group told the Vecernje novosti that he is moving his business to Italy, Germany, Serbia, Croatia and South America, for which already large resources have been set aside.
According to the publication, the Russian gambling venues’ owners have chosen to move their casinos to Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia because these countries are reachable by three-hour flights from Moscow and Russian citizens can travel to them without visas.
If the plans to move the casinos come to fruition, that could mean good news for the development of local tourism, Vecernje novosti wrote. On the one hand, it would open up new working opportunities for the local population and on the other, it would attract affluent Russian tourists who have a reputation of being generous spenders to Montenegro, Croatia and Serbia.
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Pola miliona ljudi bez posla zbog zatvaranja kazina u Rusiji
Ekonomija - Svet | Tanjug | 01 jul 2009
U Rusiji danas poèinje da važi zakon o zatvranju kockarnica, izuzev u specijalno odredjenim zonama, a predsednik Asocijacije kazina u toj zemlji Igor Balo tvrdi da æe zbog sprovodjenja tog akta oko pola miliona ljudi ostati bez posla.
Balo je za radio stanicu "Eho Moskve" izjavio da veliki broj moskovljana i žitelja drugih gradova radi u kockarnicama i da je njemu lièno " veoma žao tih ljudi."
Šef Asocijacije ruskih kazina je objasnio da su zaposleni u ruskim kockarnicama "imali moguænost da u teškoj godini poput ove zarade svoj hleb."
Preseljenje kockarnica u specijalne zone na ruskom Dalekom istoku, u Primorski i Altajski kraj, zatim u Kalinjingradsku i Rostovsku oblast, neæe pomoæi ljudima bolesno zavisnim od hazardnih igara kojima je neophodno leèenje, smatra Balo.
Zakon zabranjuje, od poèetka ovog meseca, rad svih kockarnica van navedenih zona, jer istekao rok važenja njihovih dozvola za obavljanje takve delatnosti, prenela su sinoæ moskovska elektronska glasila.
BalkanTravellers.com
30 June 2009 | After tomorrow’s impending ban on casinos and gambling venues in Russia, their owners say they will transfer their business to the Balkans, namely Montenegro, Serbia and Croatia.
After Russia’s president at the time, Vladimir Putin, suggested in 2006 that all casinos in the country be closed down, comparing the harm of gambling to that of alcoholism, they will be banned from working in Russia on July 1.
As a result, the casinos’ owners have stated their intent to move their business to the Balkans.
Anatoly Kuznetsov, Chief Executive Officer of the Korston consortium, already announced he will move his casino to the resort of Budva in Montenegro. His company, according to the Serbian Vecernje novosti newspaper, has already pucrchased the Queen Montenegro hotel in Budva, while the playing tables and gambling machines will be brought over from Moscow.
The three big Russian companies Ritzio Entertainment group and Jackpot have already bought 12 clubs with gambling machines in the Croatian cities of Split, Rijeka and Požega, Skobic, secretary of the Croatian casinos union, confirmed to Croatian Jutarnji list newspaper.
About five per cent of Russian investors to move their business to Croatia, Skobic said, but added that many of them are turned off from Croatia as the new smoking ban in the country has decreased the casinos’ turnaround by 80 per cent.
One of the owners of the Ritzio Entertainment group told the Vecernje novosti that he is moving his business to Italy, Germany, Serbia, Croatia and South America, for which already large resources have been set aside.
According to the publication, the Russian gambling venues’ owners have chosen to move their casinos to Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia because these countries are reachable by three-hour flights from Moscow and Russian citizens can travel to them without visas.
If the plans to move the casinos come to fruition, that could mean good news for the development of local tourism, Vecernje novosti wrote. On the one hand, it would open up new working opportunities for the local population and on the other, it would attract affluent Russian tourists who have a reputation of being generous spenders to Montenegro, Croatia and Serbia.
Read more about Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro on BalkanTravellers.com
Use BalkanTravellers.com's tips to organize your trip to Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro
Pola miliona ljudi bez posla zbog zatvaranja kazina u Rusiji
Ekonomija - Svet | Tanjug | 01 jul 2009
U Rusiji danas poèinje da važi zakon o zatvranju kockarnica, izuzev u specijalno odredjenim zonama, a predsednik Asocijacije kazina u toj zemlji Igor Balo tvrdi da æe zbog sprovodjenja tog akta oko pola miliona ljudi ostati bez posla.
Balo je za radio stanicu "Eho Moskve" izjavio da veliki broj moskovljana i žitelja drugih gradova radi u kockarnicama i da je njemu lièno " veoma žao tih ljudi."
Šef Asocijacije ruskih kazina je objasnio da su zaposleni u ruskim kockarnicama "imali moguænost da u teškoj godini poput ove zarade svoj hleb."
Preseljenje kockarnica u specijalne zone na ruskom Dalekom istoku, u Primorski i Altajski kraj, zatim u Kalinjingradsku i Rostovsku oblast, neæe pomoæi ljudima bolesno zavisnim od hazardnih igara kojima je neophodno leèenje, smatra Balo.
Zakon zabranjuje, od poèetka ovog meseca, rad svih kockarnica van navedenih zona, jer istekao rok važenja njihovih dozvola za obavljanje takve delatnosti, prenela su sinoæ moskovska elektronska glasila.