{"id":7179,"date":"2020-06-10T20:34:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T20:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=7179"},"modified":"2026-04-24T04:33:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:33:43","slug":"russia-second-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/russia-second-casino","title":{"rendered":"Russia\u2019s second far east casino to open in July"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Shambhala complex has finished construction and is expected to open in the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia.- The Primorye Gambling Zone in far east Russia will soon unveil its second casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until now the only gambling venue of this kind in the region was the Tigre de Cristal casino, operated by Suncity Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, construction has finished on a second casino, which will be run by Shambhala CJSC. The firm is now completing in interior details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia\u2019s Far East Investment and Export Agency confirmed opening is expected for the second half of 2020. The casino will be part of the Shambhala hotel and entertainment complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It said in a statement: \u201cThe opening of the first phase of the Shambhala hotel and entertainment complex in the Primorye integrated entertainment resort area (IRKZ) is expected this summer. The official opening will take place in the second half of 2020. At the first stage, the company will recruit up to 500 staff members. The construction work has been fully completed at the facility, and finishing is underway.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Primorye Gambling Zone in Russia will eventually <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/primorye-casino-russia\">host at least 11 casinos by 2023<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, according to an announcement made last December by the region\u2019s vice governor Konstantin Shestakov during a visit to the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Shambhala complex has finished construction and is expected to open in the summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Primorye Gambling Zone in Russia is set to unveil its second casino, the Shambhala complex, in the second half of 2020, operated by Shambhala CJSC. This development introduces new competition to the region, previously solely occupied by Suncity Group's Tigre de Cristal, and marks a step towards the zone's projected 11 casinos by 2023.","focusai_entities":"Shambhala CJSC, Suncity Group, Russia\u2019s Far East Investment and Export Agency, Konstantin Shestakov, Tigre de Cristal, Shambhala","focusai_location":"Russia, Primorye Gambling Zone","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.85), compliance_legal (0.75), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Primorye GGR Projections?","query":"What are the updated GGR projections for the Primorye Gambling Zone following the Shambhala complex's opening and the planned expansion to 11 casinos by 2023?"},{"label":"Competitive Landscape Shift?","query":"How is the entry of Shambhala CJSC expected to alter the competitive dynamics and market share distribution for Suncity Group's Tigre de Cristal within the Primorye Gambling Zone?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16331],"tags":[2255],"class_list":["post-7179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casino-news","category-elsewhere-news","tag-russia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7179","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=7179"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19796,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7179\/revisions\/19796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}