In Kyrgyzstan, the project of the gambling zone frozen.
It is no secret that in the countries of the former USSR regulation of the sphere of gambling is quite rigid. In some countries, any similar activity is prohibited, somewhere under restrictions fall exclusively casino. So, in Kazakhstan there are 2 rendered gambling zones, in Russia – four. In other countries, the bookmakers are added to the list of prohibitions. In Kyrgyzstan, only lottery is legalized, but also over them Navis Damocles Sk up the Slection of Licenses. To provide citizens the opportunity to diversify their leisure time, and at the same time enrich the budget, the Ministry of Economy of Kyrgyzstan made an initiative to organize a gambling zone in the country near the manas airport. In terms of the authors of the project, luxury hotels, shops, several casino premises and restaurants of the author’s cuisine were supposed to enter the entertainment complex. It was even announced that the casino would be able to accept only foreign citizens. But even such statements did not help to reach the deputies: the latter voted against the idea, and thus predicted the fate of the project. From January 1, 2012, the casino in Kyrgyzstan is outlawed, and two years later also added bookmakers. So far, only lottery companies have licenses from all gambling, but local deputies are going to overlap oxygen soon. The nearest gambling cluster to Bishkeku remains Kazakhstani Kapshagay, located 400 km from the capital of Kyrgyzstan. The distance to the nearest Russian cluster – Barnaul “Siberian Coins” – more about five times.