No More Russian Slots in Moscow?

Russian people face another gambling issue during the last year as Moscow's city Mayor Yuri Luzhkov demanded from the city government to dispose of 90% of all the slots. The Russian slots are tremendously well-liked among Muscovites from all sectors, regardless of age.

Though the Mayor is serious in his demand the Russian people do not take his goal seriously as slots are a common pastime activity that harms non due to strict regulations imposed by the Russian Government. "The gambling business has blossomed in Russia in the post-Soviet era. Moscow alone has 56 casinos and 63,000 slot machines.

The city mayor plans to fight the use of slots and their distributors. Valery Zhukov, second-in-command head of the subdivision for Moscow's economic guiding principle, said the monthly levy rate for slots would be doubled, from $131 to $262, and the rate for other types of gambling would boost from $3,498 to $4,373 per unit. But experts and Russian advisories from Moscow tell that such efforts would bear no results since slots are so popular.