According to a legislation approved by Russia’s lower house of parliament Wednesday, the $6 billion industry is to be driven out of Moscow, St. Petersburg and most of the rest of Russia, the Associated Press reports.
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December 21, 2006Two people died and two were injured when fire gutted a small casino in central Moscow at Sunday, the Moscow Times reports.
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November 27, 2006The angry Russian woman from the small town in the Caucasus hired a criminal to kill her ex-husband who had won a million in a lottery, the News.ru website reported Friday.
48-year-old retired military officer Alexei Rykov had bought just one lottery ticket as a present for his own birthday and the ticket proved to be lucky — the man won one million rubles (about $37,000). He used the money to buy an apartment (until then the family was renting) and a car.
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November 3, 2006Almost 70% of Moscow’s casinos and slot machine parlors had been closed recently Moscow deputy mayor Iosif Ordzhonikidze said at a press conference on Thursday, the Interfax news agency reports.
However, the official noted that tax revenues of the Moscow budget from gambling have declined by just 3 percent. Over 2,000 from total 2,720 gambling houses have been closed, so tax revenues were supposed to decline substantially Iosif Ordzhonikidze said.
According to the independent research the owner of just one slot machine makes an average profit of $10,000 per month. Gambling business tax returns have struck a seven billion ruble mark, roughly 260 million U.S. Dollars.
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