Game zone in Russia. "Azov City" - our Las Vegas

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

For those whose passion is sports, and excitement is nature, the desire to win and win should be the second "I". It is possible to realize such character traits only in one place - in the casino. Where can you legally play casino games in Russia today?

The conditions for the existence of gambling establishments in the Russian Federation are determined by legislation, which states that special territories should be allocated for their location. Where are the official gaming zones in Russia? What is their history and outlook?

Special administrative-territorial object

The gaming zone in Russia is a special administrative-territorial facility designed to organize and conduct various gambling games.

Since July 2009, any gambling activity outside such zones in Russia is prohibited by law. The exceptions are bookmakers, sweepstakes and lottery draws. The law regulates the processes of organization and liquidation of such objects, their naming and delimitation.

Gambling zones, in accordance with the law, you canplaced exclusively outside settlements. No permanent settlements should be planned on their territory.

Where are gaming zones in Russia predetermined by law?

Four sites have been allocated by the government for the organization of such territories. Some of them already have operating gaming complexes, while others are still considering and discussing the organization of the casino zone.

Active objects

• "Azov City". One of the first active gambling zones. Located in the Krasnodar Territory. Initially, it was planned to place the zone on the border between the Krasnodar Territory and the neighboring Rostov Region. Subsequently, the liquidation of the Rostov part of the zone was undertaken. Today, Azov City is the largest of the four gambling zones in the Russian Federation.
• Gambling zone "Siberian Coin". Its location is the Altai Territory. Since December 2015, several gaming halls have been operating in the first open-air casino complex of the Altai Palace casino, in addition, work is underway in the hotel and some other parts of the complex. According to official data, about 17 thousand people became visitors to the gambling zone in 2015.

Development plans discussed: "Yantarnaya"

"Yantarnaya" is a gaming zone in Russia, the development plan of which is under discussion in the government. Located in the Kaliningrad region. For a long time, despite the active investment in the project, the development of the gaming zone, according to estimates, was not effective enough. In April 2014, its territory was increased by almost 1 km. The Governor of the Kaliningrad region made a proposal to discuss the concept of a gambling zone. It is believed that Yantarnaya should develop as a special tourist and recreational zone without focusing on the gambling business. An example is the popular German resort town of Baden-Baden.

Under consideration

In April 2014, the media reported that, according to a bill introduced by President Vladimir Putin, free play zones in Russia could be created on the Crimean peninsula, which is de facto part of the Russian Federation. As reported, the search for a place for their optimal placement is now underway. The most likely option is the southern coast of Crimea.

The issue of creating a gambling zone in Crimea was raised even during the control of the peninsula by Ukraine. In March 2014, after it became part of Russia, the government again began to consider the issue of creating a special economic zone on the peninsula. Initially, the initiative was subjected to serious criticism from the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, but received the support of Sergei Aksyonov, and. about. Prime Minister of Crimea.

Suggested options

• Golden Sands. A large resort complex in the suburbs of Anapa, including a gambling zone. It was originally proposed as a replacement for the Azov-City facility, which was assessed as less promising.
• A play area was also planned in Sochi. In Russia, as it wasnoted by President V. Putin, the city has the image of a family resort, so at first the creation of a gambling zone in it was considered inappropriate. A number of media published a proposal by Prime Minister D. Medvedev to start construction of a gambling zone on the territory of Sochi after the Winter Olympic Games. The information was soon refuted. Later, the Prime Minister and a number of other experts and officials criticized this idea. Various publications have expressed the idea that the "Sochi game zone" project in Russia cannot be implemented in the near future. But in 2014, the government returned to consider this issue.
• Gambling zone in Buryatia. The creation of a gambling complex in this area was proposed by members of the Public Chamber of the Republic. The idea began to be considered back in 2008 in order to include Buryatia in the project "playing zones of Russia". Even then it turned out to be quite problematic to locate a casino on its territory. The idea was protested by various activists, especially members of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.
• Primorye. The complex was to be designed and built in a resort area on the shore of Muravyina Bay (Cape Turtle, Ussuri Bay). The distance to the airport here is 23 km, to Vladivostok (the capital of the region) - 70 km. The total area of the gambling zone is about 620 hectares. According to the Russian gaming zones project, the casino in Primorye was to be located in four establishments, each containing 10 VIPs, 20 poker and 45 gambling tables, as well as 1,000 slot machines. In addition, it is planned to build three hotels withfund for 600 numbers, which meets the modern standards of popular online casinos. Shopping and entertainment centers, bars and restaurants, conference and banquet halls, beauty salons and spas, sports and entertainment and public and business complexes were also to be built on the territory of the complex. The project provides for the creation of a hippodrome, golf courses and a ski complex. Now the construction of the game zone "Primorye" is in the project development stage.

Azov-City: location

One of the first operating domestic gambling zones, which the Russians rightly call "our Las Vegas". Placed on the coast of the Sea of Azov (Taganrog Bay) in the Krasnodar Territory. The nearest large city, located 50 kilometers from the gambling complex, is Yeysk (resort city). Within a radius of 200 kilometers from the zone are Azov, Krasnodar, Taganrog, Rostov-on-Don.

The gambling zone was initially located on the border between the Krasnodar Territory and the neighboring Rostov Region, over time, the Rostov part of the complex was eliminated.

"Azov-City" is located between two settlements: the village of Port-Katon and the farm Molchanovka. The area of the territory is about 1000 hectares. The complex is equipped with the necessary engineering infrastructure, communications and access roads.

Casino

One of the largest casinos in Russia is located on the territory of "Azov-City" "Oracle", the area of which is about 4000 sq.m. Its owner isRashid Taimasov.

Azov-City also houses the assets of M. Smolentsev's company: the Shambhala casino (the area is about 1400 sq. m), the hotel and Nirvana, the newest domestic casino on 1400 sq. m. m.

Casino "Oracle" was built by "Royal-Time" (Kazan). The first phase of the facility for customers was opened in January 2010. In September 2010, the second phase of the Oracle casino was launched. After that, the area of the complex amounted to more than 4 thousand square meters. m. Gambling enthusiasts are offered a hall for VIP-guests (7 gaming tables), a casino hall (5 gaming tables), a VIP-hall (3 gaming tables). In addition, there are apartments for playing tete-a-tete "Incognito". The casino provides for five tables for tournament poker, a premium hotel (11 rooms), a slot hall with a stage (the total number of slot machines is 300 units) is open. The company invested about 400 million rubles in the construction of the Oracle.

Casino "Shambhala" started working in "Azov-City" in October 2010. Its owner is Park City LLC. The total area of the complex is approximately 1.5 thousand square meters. m. About 175 million rubles were invested in the project. The gambling establishment "Shambhala" is located 100 meters from the "Oracle". The casino is equipped with 12 gaming tables, 130 slot machines, and a poker room for sports poker competitions. Also "Shambhala" has several VIP-rooms for privategames and concert venue.

The owner of the third casino - "Nirvana" - CJSC "Shambhala". The establishment opened in October 2013. The volume of investments in this project is about 200 million rubles.

According to the new law

In November 2010, the government passed a law, according to which the Rostov region was excluded from the list of regions allowed for the placement of gambling zones. The law also predetermined that the Rostov part of the southern play area would be moved to a new location: the area of the Blagoveshchenskaya Spit.

In March 2012, the government approved a change in the borders of the Azov City gambling complex. It was joined by 800 hectares of land near the village of Blagoveshchenskaya (45 km from Anapa).

The right to receive a lease of a land area of 240 hectares for the implementation of a gambling investment project for a period of 20 years was received by Adaptas (Rus) LLC.

Plans

In 2016, it was planned to open the first facility in the Anapa resort area on the territory of the gambling complex - a five-star hotel with a casino. The cost of this project is estimated at 11 billion rubles. In general, the company plans to build five hotels with a casino and a golf park in the gambling zone. The volume of investments in this project is more than 16 billion rubles.

It was planned that the area of \u200b\u200bAzov-City would be approximately 20.02 million square meters. m (about 2 thousand hectares). Half of the territory (1000 hectares) was to be located in the Rostov region, the secondhalf are in the Krasnodar Territory.

The gaming zone provided for the placement of numerous slot machine halls, casinos, sweepstakes offices, betting shops, online casino halls, restaurants, bars, various resort, cultural and sports complexes. A varied selection of gambling games was planned, not inferior to the list of Europa Casino. It was planned to create transport hubs and interchanges: an airport, a bus station, railway stations, as well as the construction of other necessary facilities for the development of infrastructure.

Closing Rumors

In 2015, the media reported that one of the two active domestic gaming zones, Azov City (Krasnodar Territory), was to be liquidated. The state undertakes to pay compensation to investors - approximately 10 billion rubles.

Liquidation of the zone is necessary in connection with amendments to the federal law "On Gambling" (July 27, 2014). On the one hand, these amendments expanded the list of regions that have the right to place gambling business on their territory. Previously, the list included the Krasnodar Territory, Altai, Primorye and the Kaliningrad Region. Now Crimea has been added to them. On the other hand, it was stipulated that the placement of gambling zones in the Kuban is limited exclusively to sites allocated for the construction of federal Olympic facilities.

What is planned instead of the liquidated object?

As it became known to the media, instead of "Azov City" (Krasnodar Territory) a new gambling complex will be built - in the area where the Sochi Olympic facilities are located.

In Sochi, it is planned to place a gambling zone in the resorts "Gorki-Gorod" (the property of Sberbank) and "Rosa Khutor". In December 2014, Sberbank reported that Krasnaya Polyana was being taken over by the Krasnodar company Center Omega, which is one of the builders of Olympic venues, in exchange for the construction of an Olympic media center. Having become the property of the region, Krasnaya Polyana is deprived of the right to conduct a gambling business, and, most likely, its premises will be leased. As expected, Azov-City is being liquidated in the interests of this tenant, who is still unknown to anyone.

The current state of affairs

As of May-June 2016, all casinos in the gambling zone continue to operate successfully. Today in "Azov-City" everyone can choose a game according to their character and temperament. This is American roulette, recognized as the queen of gambling, and Black Jack, and various types of poker, and numerous slot machines, as well as many intellectual games: chess, backgammon, checkers. In the gambling zone, all kinds of promotions are held almost daily, drawing valuable prizes, including solid jackpots and luxury cars.

The casino regularly hosts show programs in which pop stars, famous entertainers, striptease shows take part. The public is offered circus performances and numerous surprises.

How to get there?

The Azov-City gambling zone is located in the Krasnodar Territory on the border of two districts - Yeisk and Shcherbinovsky. Distance fromYeysk to "Azov-City" is 70 km. You can get here by free bus, it will take 40-50 minutes. You can also get on your own car or order a transfer.

If you go to Azov-City from another city, you should, before reaching about 30 km to Yeysk, turn right in the village of Staroshcherbinovskaya on the ring and follow the signs.

Daily free buses to Azov City run according to the schedule:

• from Yeysk (Meotida shopping center): departure time - 19:30;
• from Rostov-on-Don (railway station "Rostov Glavny"): departure time - 19:00;
• from Krasnodar (TC "Red Square"): departure time on working days - 19:00; Saturday and Sunday - 18:00.

Where can I stay?

Those who wish can choose to stay in a VIP hotel located on the territory of the gambling complex. It is also proposed to book a private house, apartment, hotel room in Yeysk through the Yeysk-Leto.ru agency.

In the future

The number of playing audience in Russia and neighboring countries is significant today, so Azov-City casinos do not lack customers. In this regard, it can be assumed that the functioning of the gaming complex will continue for some time.

However, it is known that Azov-City will be closed in the near future. Residents have already placed liquidation bets.

The Ministry of Finance is studying the possibility of simultaneousliquidation of "Azov-City" and the start of a new zone in Sochi.