Russia’s new law which bans all gambling in Russia and places it in 4 designated areas, will be implemented on July 1st. With the deadline looming on the horizon, casino operators are saying the zones will never work.

Casino operators in Russia say that the four gambling zones will never work in the way they are planned. They blame the lack of infrastructure and hesitancy of casino gambling operators to move so far from the city’s. Some of the operators say nothing has been built or accomplished in the four gambling zones, despite the fact there is a deadline for July 1st for all casinos and gambling halls to close and move to the designated zones. The zones are located in Siberia, the pacific coastline, the black sea and in southern Russia. “Nobody feels like moving there, besides there is no infrastructure in those special zones, and nothing has been built there yet.” said a spokesperson. The gambling industry fears the black market casinos will thrive, because taxing legal casino earns Moscow about 200 million in gambling revenue, which now either leaves abroad or disappears in the organised crime.