Russians Change Gambling Laws: 1

The Russian government has officially closed down all of the land based casinos in the country. Last Wednesday the government made the announcement and there has already been a huge uprising against the movements made by the government officials in the country of Russia. This leaves millions of people without access to land based casinos and will probably bring them to the world of online casinos. The online casino industry was technically included as a part of the ban in Russia, but there is still hope that they will be able to access internet gambling sites in the country. The citizens that frequently enjoyed trips to the land based casinos have and will try to find any way possible to get access to a working online casino so they can get their entertainment and gambling fix.

The ban on gambling has been talked about in Russia for a long time and does not come as a surprise to those familiar with the Russian government. The plan to ban land based and online casinos has been in the works for many years and has finally come into fruition. The government has been receiving pressure from a lot of their elderly citizens. Those citizens have been asking for the online casino industry and land based casinos to be moved out of the main cities in Russia. The latest details from the new laws that have been put into place in the Russian government state that casinos can only be built in the outskirts of Russia. Whether or not this will affect the online casino industry has yet to be determined. It has been said that this is similar to the United States. One observer, Terrence McCoy said, "The US government made a similar attempt to stop their residents from gambling online, and it has failed miserably, you would think the rest of the world would have taken notice of the failure, but in Russia they have not."