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俄罗斯 - 杜马就克里米亚和索契赌博区达成协议

The State Duma in Russia has signed off a bill to develop two more gambling zones in Crimea and Sochi in order to bring investment and more tourists to the regions.

Anatoly Karpov, the First Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee, said: “The creation of a gambling zone in Crimea will attract additional investment to the region, create jobs and improve the tax base. An increase in tourism as well as the development of hotel businesses and catering can be expected.”
The locations of the zones will be chosen by local government. In Crimea, the zone is expected to generate some US$720m of revenue with investment pitched at between $100m to $1bn. The most likely location for the Crimea gambling zone is most likely to be in Yalta, according to Sergey Aksyonov, the Head of the Crimean government. Yalta is a holiday resort on the north coast of the Black Sea in the Crimean peninsula.

The bill, which has now completed its second reading, has also given the green light for a gambling zone in Sochi with the most likely location being Gornaya Karusel which is part of the Esto-Sadok Krasnaya Polyana resort. Gambling was outlawed in Russia in 2009 apart from in the Altai, Krasnodar, Primorye and the Kaliningrad regions.

Global Market Advisors (GMA) believes the Russian market would eventually generate eight per cent of the world’s gaming revenue. It believes China will account for 57 per cent, Korea 22 per cent and Japan 13 per cent. The analyst believes the Vladivostok gambling zone will reach $1.2bn after three years of operation, and $5.2bn after a decade, making it one of the top four gaming destinations in the world, trailing Macau, Las Vegas, and Singapore.

9 年，俄罗斯赌场行业的收入达到了约 2009 亿美元，随后政府几乎在一夜之间关闭了该行业，并引入了赌博区赌场。麦康伯国际公司总裁迪安·麦康伯最近表示，符拉迪沃斯托克是一个“恰好位于俄罗斯的亚洲地区赌场”。

Melco Crown Entertainment will open Vladivostok’s casino resort first later this year with an $110m project with 60 gaming tables, 800 slots and110 hotel rooms although it will eventually boast a further 100 more VIP tables and another 600 slots.

NagaCorp 将斥资 350 亿美元建造一座拥有 100 张赌桌和 500 个老虎机的酒店赌场，不过它可能要到 2018 年才开业。

符拉迪沃斯托克是俄罗斯第一个吸引大型国际运营商的博彩区。克里米亚和索契的最新地区是否也会出现类似情况还有待观察。