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Post by crojoe on Jul 1, 2009 15:40:48 GMT 1
Following the news of late one bit of news I noticed was that the Russians are buying up casinos in Croatia and neighbouring nations. I thought this a little odd, but just saw on the news today that Russia is closing all its casinos, making gambling illegal, so now it makes sense. Viva Las Zagreb! Maybe they can put Zagreb on the map, or skin us out of all our Kuna.
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Post by capio on Jul 1, 2009 16:41:48 GMT 1
Just what Croatian sport needs more corruption.
It wont take them long to infiltrate all the major sports in Hrvatska
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Post by Madgolfer on Jul 2, 2009 11:57:42 GMT 1
Given the amount of betting shops in every town and city, I can't see it making that much difference. People will gamble on anything!
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Post by Madgolfer on Jul 2, 2009 11:58:31 GMT 1
Maybe the next Casino in Zagreb will be the Sanader Royal (LOL)
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Post by mambo on Jul 2, 2009 12:31:02 GMT 1
It is just a matter of business.
Perhaps tomorrow we will read that the Russian maffia has bought the Croatian maffia.
Unless people think that Croatian casino's are run by 'legitimate' business owners.
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Post by crojoe on Jul 2, 2009 13:23:45 GMT 1
Staring Sanader Bond, the 6 digit euro man, with free licence to die for, sporting a 500,000 euro custom built bullet proof aldi (we all know its a Mercedes) that the late Q would be proud off. His lead man is (former CIA agent) education minister Primorac, following where no man has gone before. It’s now a game of wills (or won’t), a mission of possibilities, whys and the wherefores. Watch for the next exciting episode of Sanader Royal -- The case of the missing millions.
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Post by upthevilla on Jul 2, 2009 15:32:12 GMT 1
Given the amount of betting shops in every town and city, I can't see it making that much difference. People will gamble on anything! I bet a tenner it will |
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Post by capio on Jul 2, 2009 16:09:18 GMT 1
Given the amount of betting shops in every town and city, I can't see it making that much difference. People will gamble on anything! I was referring to the likelihood of match fixing increasing. |
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Post by crojoe on Jul 2, 2009 16:27:37 GMT 1
Russian Casinos Move to Montenegro, Croatia and Serbia
BalkanTravellers.com
30 June 2009 | With tomorrow’s impending ban on casinos and gambling venues in Russia, their owners say they will transfer their business to the Balkans, namely Montenegro, Serbia and Croatia.
After Russia’s president at the time, Vladimir Putin, suggested in 2006 that all casinos in the country be closed down, comparing the harm of gambling to that of alcoholism, they will be banned from working in Russia on July 1.
As a result, the casinos’ owners have stated their intent to move their business to the Balkans.
Anatoly Kuznetsov, Chief Executive Officer of the Korston consortium, already announced he will move his casino to the resort of Budva in Montenegro. His company, according to the Serbian Vecernje novosti newspaper, has already pucrchased the Queen Montenegro hotel in Budva, while the playing tables and gambling machines will be brought over from Moscow.
The three big Russian companies Ritzio Entertainment group and Jackpot have already bought 12 clubs with gambling machines in the Croatian cities of Split, Rijeka and Požega, Vlado Skobic, secretary of the Croatian casinos union, confirmed to Croatian Jutarnji list newspaper.
About five per cent of Russian investors to move their business to Croatia, Skobic said, but added that many of them are turned off from Croatia as the new smoking ban in the country has decreased the casinos’ turnaround by 80 per cent.
One of the owners of the Ritzio Entertainment group told the Vecernje novosti that he is moving his business to Italy, Germany, Serbia, Croatia and South America, for which already large resources have been set aside.
According to the publication, the Russian gambling venues’ owners have chosen to move their casinos to Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia because these countries are reachable by three-hour flights from Moscow and Russian citizens can travel to them without visas.
If the plans to move the casinos come to fruition, that could mean good news for the development of local tourism, Vecernje novosti wrote. On the one hand, it would open up new working opportunities for the local population and on the other, it would attract affluent Russian tourists who have a reputation of being generous spenders to Montenegro, Croatia and Serbia.
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Post by ray51 on Jul 5, 2009 23:25:59 GMT 1
Or , maybe : we should place some bets on just whose mafias will eventually prevail , the locals , or the Russkies ?
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