Russia bans all gambling and shuts casinos

[Imran Siddiqui]

But we are doing EXACTLY the same. With the only difference that there will be FOUR Russian Las Vegases in Russia ('cause we are a bigger country) instead of just one in US.

Err... there are plenty of areas in the US with casinos. Including Atlantic City, Indian reservation casinos, and riverboat gambling in places like Mississippi, etc, etc.

[SlowwHand]

Babble fish sucks!

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[Dinner]

Err... there are plenty of areas in the US with casinos. Including Atlantic City, Indian reservation casinos, and riverboat gambling in places like Mississippi, etc, etc.

And I bet if you added up all the open casinos in Russia their revenue wouldn't amount to an average sized red skin casino's take.

Sad but true.

[Serb]

Gabbling can be a fun form of entertainment as long as a person sets boundaries, doesn't become addicted, and doesn't try to chase after the money the lost. When I go to Vegas I come with a set amount of money I don't mind spending and when it is gone then that's it. Besides there is so much more to do in Vegas then just gamble; there is the food, the shows, the night life, and a million other things.

I agree.

As for Russia changing the rules.... It is their right but it sounds like it was more to punish successful Georgian operators then anything else.

WHAT???
That's bullsh!t, man. Complete bullsh!t. Gambling is everywhere in Russia. In every little town. You can do a couple of steps without encountering of some sort of gambling machines or gambling places. There was a real gambling infestation here. And that thing went out control entierly. Georgians DO NOT control the Russian gambling industry. I don't know who told you that. It's not about panishment of some exact operators at all. Why the hell we close all gambling places, not the only ones owned by Georgians (if there are any at the first place - all operators pay taxes to the Russian budged not someone else's).

I seriously doubt their new gambling locations will turn into successful resorts in less then a decade because of all the work that will be needed (building casinos, building airports, building other infrastructure and tourist attractions, advertising so potential vacationers know about the place, etc...).

Of course. But don't tell me you made Vegas what it is now within a couple of weeks. It's in the middle of the desert, no? We gave a much beter sites for our gambling operators. Give them time. Construction of the first gamling center at Azov region zone has began months ago.

[SlowwHand]

As far as suspicions of Georgians, that comes from the article. Ask them.

[Serb]

Err... there are plenty of areas in the US with casinos. Including Atlantic City, Indian reservation casinos, and riverboat gambling in places like Mississippi, etc, etc.

I meant special areas for gambling.
I doubt you can find a gambling machine in a mart somewhere in N.Y.C.
In Russia you can.

[SlowwHand]

You want to bet?

[Dinner]

BTW I'm drinking Russian made vodka right now so I'm helping the Russian economy recover from this bad move. In fact I've been drinking slowly for several hours now. I know, I know... No need to thank me.

For caviar though I stick to Californian. It tastes better and is more environmentally conscience then the Russian or Iranian alternatives I could buy. Truthfully western vodka is better too but Russian is so cheap...

[Serb]

And I bet if you added up all the open casinos in Russia their revenue wouldn't amount to an average sized red skin casino's take.

Sad but true.

[SlowwHand]

For my caviar, I stick to beef fajita nachos. Tex-Mex.

[Docfeelgood]

For my caviar, I stick to beef fajita nachos. Tex-Mex.

[Serb]

BTW I'm drinking Russian made vodka right now so I'm helping the Russian economy recover from this bad move. In fact I've been drinking slowly for several hours now. I know, I know... No need to thank me.

That was actually a good move for our economy, but thank you anyway.

For caviar though I stick to Californian. It tastes better and is more environmentally conscience then the Russian or Iranian alternatives I could buy. Truthfully western vodka is better too but Russian is so cheap...

There are no real vodka, except Russian.
It's our brand we have invented that poison

[Dinner]

I think the Poles and Swedes would disagree. It is very hard to say who first invented it.

[Serb]

I think the Poles and Swedes would disagree.

Who cares? Vodka is a Russian brand as champagne is a French brand.

It is very hard to say who first invented it.

Not really, cosidering that vodka is a mixture of water and spirit. In Russian water is "voda".
Besides the modern standard for vodka (40% alcohol) is invention of the the great Russian chemist Dmitry Mendeleev (who invented the periodic table of elements too, but first he experimented with vodka, of course). And it was the Russian tsarist government monopoly on vodka that made it a real standard (which is still a standard now). The first people who figured out how to make spirit and mix it with water were Arabs, not Russians, Poles or Swedes. The credit for invention of destilation process goes to them. But vodka is our brand.

[Dinner]

Don't roll your eyes because those red skins have learned at the feet of the masters. I tell you those dirty red skinned bastards could take the last dollar from the hands of Jesus himself.