On Nov. 11, 2015, Russia unveiled the Tigre de Cristal casino, located in the Primorye gambling zone in Russia's Far East. The casino is the largest in the country and one of the first to be opened since the government banned gambling facilities across most of the country six years ago.
The new casino is expected to be the first of many in the Tigre de Cristal gambling zone located near the Pacific port city of Vladivostok. In addition to Primorye, licensed gaming is also permitted by law in gambling zones in the Altai Territory in West Siberia, the Krasnodar Territory in Southern Russia, and Kaliningrad.