Gambling zones in Russia

At the moment there are four gambling zones operating in the Russian Federation: “Sibirskaya Moneta”, “Primorye”, “Yantarnaya”, “Krasnaya Polyana”.

Would like to hear opinions from experts who have been where, what the pros are, where you would recommend. Because this year I want to visit either Sochi or Altai, I’d like to combine the trip with a visit to a casino. What do you recommend?

Thanks everyone for taking part in the discussion, I think the topic can be closed 🙃

Krasnaya Polyana is top-notch, everything is done at the highest level

@dikii1 I recently moved to Sochi and went to Krasnaya Polyana. I haven’t seen service of this level anywhere, it’s really cool and the atmosphere is great.
The only thing is their coffee is awful))​

Yantarnaya is good, the service and staff are top-notch, though I was only at one of the three venues there. The only thing is it’s a bit of a drive from Kaliningrad

I live in Altai and I’ve heard about the Siberian Coin, it’s kinda scary to go in there – I drove by, walked around the grounds, but didn’t go inside, I know myself 😁. There are huge parking lots full of cars that visitors lost, there are even bugs/planteds there. And I know people who hang out there all the time. Otherwise, it seems people do win decent amounts and lose just as much. But there was a recent case. A woman went along with friends for company, she didn’t play because she didn’t know how. Six months later she gets a notice that she has to pay tax on a win. The win was 45k, but still. And she didn’t even play. I don’t know how it all ended. But one thing’s clear – if the casino wants, it can even screw you over offline ((

I don’t know, I went to relax in Krasnaya Polyana for two weeks, played pretty much everywhere, mostly at the slot machines – the service was top-notch, but the slots were, of course, still from the ’90s. There were some with jackpots but they were boring, I beat them all, and I’d say the old monkey and gnome ones play the best. The others, like the book-themed or the ball ones, are just a total drain. In the end I left about 500k there in a week, and I never once walked out with a win))

@mixai200513 I was there once too, the best thing is the live games, I don’t see any point at all in playing those slots there

By the way, do those casinos have any minimum deposit?

It’s not bad in Yantarny, but Krasnaya Polyana is better

@Sava593​ And how are they different? What pros and cons does each one have?

I’d like to visit a real casino at least once, just for the atmosphere and the interest. I was in Belarus once, but unfortunately that was before casinos entered my life, so I never went into places like that there, although I did walk by them and I only have one photo where I’m posing on the street near the sign🙂

@technosamuraj​ there, I recently went to Yantarnaya with my wife, if you feel like it, read this( trip to the Yantarnaya zone), I don’t feel like rewriting everything again, there is already a page and a half in the thread.📃

@lexantim yeah, I even saw people sitting there in 20-kopek slots with 9 lines:))), that works out to 1.8 rubles. But there are few slots like that, same with the 50-kopek ones. Mostly they’re 1, 2, and 5-ruble ones. But for example in a 1-ruble one you can also sit there for a long time, shove in a thousand and play 9-ruble spins….