Kyrgyzstan Casinos

The actual number of Kyrgyzstan casinos is something in a little doubt. As information from this country, out in the very most central part of Central Asia, can be difficult to get, this might not be too surprising. Whether there are two or three legal casinos is the thing at issue, perhaps not quite the most earth-shattering piece of information that we don’t have.

What will be true, as it is of most of the ex-Soviet states, and certainly true of those in Asia, is that there will be many more illegal and underground casinos. The change to legalized gambling didn’t encourage all the former places to come out of the dark into the light: this is true of a lot of the economies of these countries, as well. So, the controversy over the number of Kyrgyzstan’s casinos is a minor one at best: how many legal ones is the thing we’re trying to answer here.

We know that in Bishkek, the capital city, there is the Casino Las Vegas (a stunningly original name, don’t you think?), which has both gaming tables and slot machines. We can also find both the Casino Bishkek (which, given that it is in Bishkek, is another stunningly original name,...