The casino believes there’s an opportunity in the number of Russian players in major poker tournaments around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Russia.- Shambala Casino, the second casino to open in Russia\u2019s Primorye Economic Zone, says it plans to open the region\u2019s only poker club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The company believes there\u2019s an opportunity to be explored since there are many Russians among the top players at international poker tournaments. It aims to become a hub for professional players in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
General director Maxim Smolentsev said: \u201cWe will fill the club with tournaments and create a convenient, friendly platform for communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cInside the casino, the poker club is always a special place, and in the near future Shambala will become a home for everyone who loves poker, who plays online, who travels abroad to play poker, who loves this game and appreciates communication.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smolentsev said the nearest poker club is located more than 5,000 km away from Primorye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shambala opened in mid-October<\/a><\/em><\/strong> as the second casino in the Primorye Economic Free Zone, after Summit Ascent\u2019s Tigre de Cristal, which is also expanding.<\/a><\/em><\/strong> Shambala expects to attract about 100,000 people a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The RUB$3.5bn (US$45m) venue features 5,200 square meters of gaming space, a restaurant, two fast-food restaurants and a theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A second phase of development is slated to begin in 2022. Once fully complete, it will boast a range of hotels, restaurants and bars, a golf course, amusement park, water park, diving club and other family and sports recreation facilities. The total cost is estimated at RUB8bn (US$104m).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The casino believes there’s an opportunity in the number of Russian players in major poker tournaments around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11882,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Shambala Casino, situated within Russia's Primorye Economic Zone, is strategically expanding its gaming verticals by launching the region's exclusive poker club. This RUB8bn integrated resort development aims to capitalize on the significant Russian presence in international poker, positioning Shambala as a professional poker hub and projecting 100,000 annual visitors.","focusai_entities":"Shambala Casino, Maxim Smolentsev, Summit Ascent, Tigre de Cristal","focusai_location":"Russia, Primorye Economic Zone","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Primorye Market Dynamics","query":"What is the projected market share and competitive impact of Shambala Casino's new poker club within the Primorye Economic Zone, considering the existing operator and the regional player demographic, particularly for high-stakes tournaments?"},{"label":"Investment ROI & GGR","query":"How does the RUB8bn total investment for Shambala Casino's integrated resort, including the poker club, align with expected GGR and NGR projections, and what is the anticipated timeline for achieving positive EBITDA and ROI?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16331],"tags":[59,2255],"class_list":["post-11879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-elsewhere-news","tag-poker","tag-russia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11879"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11887,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11879\/revisions\/11887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}