Russia’s casinos are all over the place, quite literally. This might sound a little odd for a country that we know is not all that rich, but Russians do love to gamble, and they like to do so publically.
It is also true that there is a huge division of wealth in the country, with the poor having very little income and the rich with huge incomes. The combination of public gambling and the huge fortunes made very quickly in the post Soviet years has meant an explosion of casinos of all sorts all over Russia. Some of them are frequented so often by those who made those fortunes quickly, it can sometimes seem like they are trying to get rid of them just as fast.
What it is actually is a form of social display, oneupmanship if you like. There is a social status to be gained from gambling not just prodigiously, but without any real care as to winning or losing. It shows that the gambler has so much money they don’t have to worry about whether they win or lose.
Rather like the joke about the two New Russians who meet in the street. One admires the other’s new tie. “How much did you pay for that tie?” Second New Russian,...
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