In November 2015, the Tigre de Cristal casino opened its doors in the Primorye Integrated Entertainment Zone, the gambling zone in Russia's Far East. The casino, which became one of the first to be opened since the government banned gambling facilities across most of the country six years ago, is currently the largest in the country with 500 slot machines and 50 gambling tables.
While casinos are prohibited in most of Russia, in addition to Primorye, the country established three other gambling zones by which casinos can obtain licenses to operate including Altai Territory in West Siberia, the Krasnodar Territory in Southern Russia and Kaliningrad.