Russians Vote Down Slot Machine Regulation

The State Duma has chosen to vote down a bill that would regulate slot machines parlors and slot machine casinos. The Russian parliament’s lower house buried the bill which was going to immediately eliminate slot machines and would move slot machine and gambling casinos to four areas of the country.

This does not mean that slot machines and slot machine casinos will be able to continue as they have been over the past few years, there will be changes. There will be regulations and related legislation pertaining to the slot machine industry, and there are many other slot machine bills and regulations being considered by the Duma. Some are arguing for less slot machine regulation, while others want more.

In some areas of the country, slot machines are in real trouble. The Duma closed all slot machine halls in Chechnya and North Ossetia. They also closed all slot machine casinos. President Vladimir Putin likened slot machines and gambling to drug addiction and alcoholism, and wants the State Duma to consider a bill that he came up with that would all but eliminate slot machines and gambling.
 

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