Russian legislation makes numerous changes in the field of gambling, which leads to various issues. In this article, we will try to uncover this issue, as well as analyze what changes have been made to the gambling business.

What should be understood as a gambling zone

Under the gambling zone, you need to understand the territory that stood out and approved by the government body of the Russian Federation for the creation of casinos and entertainment gambling establishments. There are still gaming active zones in Russia. Currently, gambling business can be created in 4 legal places:

1. In "Azov City" Krasnodar Territory.
2. In the "Siberian coin", located in the Altai Territory.
3. In "Primorye", which operates in the Primorsky region.
4. In the Yantarnaya zone, created on the shores of the Baltic Sea.

The government of the Russian Federation is considering opening additional zones, which, according to preliminary calculations, should open next year:

• on the Crimean peninsula;
• in Sochi;
• in Buryatia;
• in Golden Sands.

Krasnodar "Azov-City"

The gaming zone in the Krasnodar Territory - Azov-City - is currently considered the largest of the four operating ones.

This zone includes three active casinos:

• "Oracle", whose area is approximately 4500 square meters. m;
• "Shambhala", located on 1450 sq. m;
• casino and hotel complex called "Nirvana", covering an area of ​​1350 square meters. m.

The Nirvana complex was opened just 3 years ago and is considered the newest gambling establishment in the Russian Federation. The construction of the hotel, which will be awarded 5 stars (with a casino inside), is nearing completion. The construction of additional gaming complexes is also coming to an end.

Altai game zone "Siberian coin"

Legal game Zone Siberian Coin is located in Altai, construction work on the first complex is currently being completed. The cost of the project is 30 billion rubles, it includes the following facilities:

• 30 hotel complexes that can simultaneously accommodate 3,000 people;
• 15 gambling casinos;
• about 10 gambling entertainment establishments.

In addition, the construction of large energy facilities that will help service the legal gambling zone is nearing completion.

Game zone "Primorye"

Not far from Vladivostok, in the Primorsky Territory, there is another legal Russian gaming zone called Primorye. Currently, construction is ongoing, which should be completed in 6 years. The gambling zone occupies 625 hectares, where it is planned to open:

• 16 hotel complexes;
• entertainment centers and casinos;
• ski slope and several additional facilities.

To improve Primorye, its construction was divided into three stages, the first of which should be completed this year. According to preliminary estimates, the project will cost $1.9 billion.

Game zone "Yantarnaya"

On the Baltic coast, in the Kaliningrad region, the "Amber" Russian gambling zone is being built. 480 thousand hectares were allocated for the construction of facilities. Approximate investments are estimated at 650 billion rubles.

Upon completion of construction on the territory will operate:

• gaming entertainment halls;
• casino and concert hall;
• sport complexes;
• several hotels.

The construction process is a little difficult, as there is not enough free space near the zone. An additional 100 hectares of land, which were added by the Russian government to the previously allocated 480 hectares, helped to change this situation.

Play area on the Crimean peninsula

The President of the Russian Federation made a proposal to open another zone on the territory Crimean peninsula. The current Crimean government assured that the territory for the construction of facilities will be allocated in the most famous resort town- Yalta. If the project is approved, then, according to the expert commission, it will help increase the state treasury by about 27 million rubles.

Sochi gambling zone

At present, the issue of creating a gaming zone in Sochi is only being considered. According to preliminary drafted projects, the construction of gambling establishments will be carried out near the sites that were previously used to accommodate the facilities used during the Olympic Games. Financing of the project and construction will be carried out by private investors, who will allocate for this event. cash.

The government of the Russian Federation is waiting for initiatives from the authorities Krasnodar Territory to create a play area. If the authorities show it, then, most likely, the gambling and entertainment complex will begin to be built on the territory of the previously existing recreation center called "Mountain Carousel" in the Krasnaya Polyana area. At present, the entire infrastructure has been prepared in Sochi, which will simplify the construction process:

• roads have been completely repaired;
• several modern hotel complexes have been built;
• new restaurants and cafes were built.

It remains only to wait for the opening of the Sochi casino, which for various reasons is constantly postponed. However, some sources claim that the opening is planned for the end current year, and even began the selection of personnel to service gambling establishments, restaurants and hotel complexes that will be part of the gambling zone.

If it is possible to simultaneously open gaming zones in the world-famous Black Sea resorts of the Russian Federation, then, according to analysts, they are in favor of a short time will be able to overshadow the casinos and gambling establishments of Las Vegas and, of course, will significantly replenish the state budget.

What is the current situation with gambling establishments

The current situation with Russian online casinos is completely incomprehensible. After all, a ban has been officially introduced on the activities of such institutions. However, here too, explanations should be given: only the organization of gambling entertainment falls under the ban, but gambling on the territory of the Russian Federation, it turns out, is allowed. You will also have to take into account that if the casino server can be placed in the allowed gambling zones, another problem will come up - there is simply no permission for the official opening of a gambling establishment now.

Spring of this year Russian government approved a new bill that should streamline state tax collections from different kind sweepstakes and lotteries. According to the new law, it is now customary to consider any organization that pays a player money prize exceeding 14,000 rubles. That is, not only gamblers and creators of entertainment establishments fall under the new bill, but also payment aggregators through which funds are withdrawn or deposited. And if earlier the owner of the winnings independently indicated the amount for declaring, now the operator is obliged to withhold the percentage. No tax is charged on winnings, the amount of which does not exceed 4 thousand rubles.

About 10% of the Russian population gambles. In the eight years that have passed since they were banned in Russia, official gambling zones have not managed to turn into full-fledged "Las Vegas" due to many problems. Investors attribute the failure to the inconsistent policy of the authorities. On top of that, the reform has pushed casinos into a clandestine business that is said to be hundreds of times more profitable than legitimate establishments.

Legalization Law gambling was adopted in 2006. According to him, from July 1, 2009, gambling is allowed only in gambling zones approved by the state. Now it is possible only in six zones located in different parts of the country. However, many of them complain about problems that prevent them from developing. Or even lead to closure.

The first casinos are preparing to close

The first casino in the Azov-City gaming zone - "Oracle" of the Tatarstan company "Royal Time Group" - was opened in 2010. In the same year, Shambhala and Nirvana casinos were opened in the gaming zone. According to CJSC Shambhala, over the past eight years, investors have jointly invested about 8 billion rubles in Azov-City.

The 1,000 hectares allocated by the state were a steppe territory on the coast of the Sea of ​​Azov without communications: businessmen pulled a gas pipeline, built roads, treatment facilities, and a water supply system. Today, in addition to three casinos, Azov-City has five-star hotels, a spa center, and a gourmet restaurant. 2.5 thousand people work here. Casino operators in 2016 paid about 400 million rubles in taxes.

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Le Monde 04/23/2014 Everything was going well until in 2012 there were proposals to create another gambling zone in the Krasnodar Territory - in the city of Sochi, 600 km from Azov City. Despite the fact that, according to the law, there can only be one gambling zone in one subject of the federation, and that in 2014 it was against the creation of such a zone in Sochi, which to a greater extent has an image family resort, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke out, it was nevertheless built. In January 2017, the Sochi Casino and Resort complex was opened in Krasnaya Polyana (a village on the territory of Sochi), in which the owners invested 4 billion rubles.

Now the opening of a gambling zone in Sochi means the closure of Azov City. According to the decision of the Russian government, Azov-City should be liquidated by the end of 2018.

Residents of "Azov-City" appealed to the government, to the governor of the Krasnodar Territory with a request to keep their business. The deputies of the Shcherbinovsky district proposed to the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnodar Territory to change the law so that two gambling zones could operate in one subject, but were refused. In August 2017, a petition for the preservation of Azov City was published on the Charge.org resource. But for now, the decision to close remains in place.

According to CEO CJSC "Shambhala" Maxim Smolentsev, "Azov-City" and "Krasnaya Polyana" have completely different audiences. “The intention of the Russian government to close Azov-City cannot be called anything other than ridiculous,” he wrote on his Facebook page. “Obviously, this can only bring harm: the state will miss taxes and ruin its reputation, 2,500 people will lose their jobs, investors will receive a signal that it is better not to trust the promises of the authorities.” According to him, in the first half of 2017, Azov City was visited by 216.5 thousand people, the casino in Krasnaya Polyana - 157.7 thousand.

"Primorye" lacked foreign guests

The problems of the entertainment zone "Primorye", located near Vladivostok, are caused by difficulties in attracting foreigners who need to go through a lot of bureaucratic procedures to enter. In September 2017, Craig Ballantyne, former CEO of the only Tigre de Cristal casino hotel still operating in the area, said, leaving his post, that investors' expectations in this regard were not met.

According to him, there are minor successes, but for further development The project requires changes in legislation to facilitate the entry of foreigners from China, Korea and Japan into Primorye. “The dialogue that we have with the authorities gave me the understanding that they are completely passionate about the project and understand the need for changes, but as you all know, the bureaucratic process and decision-making in the State Duma takes a lot of time,” said Craig Ballantyne.

The customer of the Primorye zone, the Primorsky Territory Development Corporation, a state-owned company, expects investors to build 20 hotels, shopping and entertainment complexes, a yacht club, several cinemas, an embankment and a ski slope by 2022. The only casino hotel in the zone, Tigre de Cristal, earned 1.7 billion rubles in 2016 and paid 860 million in taxes. Two more casinos - "Mayak" (Cambodian company Naga Corp Ltd) and "Selena" (Moscow company Diamond Fortune Holdings) should open in 2018-2019.

There is no infrastructure in the Siberian zone

The gambling zone "Siberian Coin" with an area of ​​2.3 thousand hectares is located in the Altai Territory, 280 km from Barnaul. According to the project, hotels, a water park, a ski complex, summer cinemas and other facilities should appear here by 2020. The first and so far the only Altai Palace casino worth 1.3 billion rubles was opened in 2014, but after three years of its operation, problems with transport accessibility and other infrastructure are still not resolved there.

“There is still no paved road here, there are problems with communications. around, except beautiful scenery, there is nothing. The nearest city, Gorno-Altaysk, is 35 km away. Compared to the location of a casino, for example, in Sochi, we are definitely losing, ”said Igor Rechka, general manager of the Altai Palace casino, in the spring of 2017.

On top of that, the Altai Palace casino has experienced serious money problems until recently. In 2016, the owner of the investor company changed. According to the new management, former owners there were problems with working capital, they had to limit the level of bets in order to be able to pay out winnings. This became uninteresting to large players, and the casino fell into decay. With the advent of the new owner, the situation has improved. In 2016 Altai Palace was visited by 30 thousand people, in 9 months of 2017 - 60 thousand people. In 2016, tax deductions amounted to 34.4 million rubles.

The reform pushed the gambling business into the shadows

Against the backdrop of private problems of individual gambling zones, experts talk about the failure of the entire state gambling reform. The fact is that 13 million people who gamble (according to the Levada Center) have moved mostly to underground establishments or to the Internet, where casino activities are also prohibited. Thus, 10 years after the start of the reform, the gambling business has mostly moved to the shadow sector, writes the Profile magazine, based on data from the Romir research company.

For example, if we consider the activities of bookmakers that personally or via the Internet accept bets on upcoming, for example, sports events (allowed in Russia, including on the Internet, but subject to licensing), only 28% of online players place bets on legal offices, says the Romir study. The majority - 58% - place bets at illegal bookmakers, the remaining 14% - both there and there.

As for illegal casinos, they continue vigorous activity. Only in Moscow, according to the Moscow Ministry of Internal Affairs, in the first three months of 2017, about 900 pieces of gaming equipment were seized, and in 2016, 14 underground casinos and 91 halls were liquidated slot machines.

According to Igor Rechka, general manager of the Altai Palace casino (Siberian Coin gaming zone in the Altai Territory), the turnover of illegal casinos in Russia is hundreds of times higher than the turnover of all casinos in the zones combined. In his opinion, a potential player will not travel hundreds of kilometers if he can play roulette on a nearby street. Even taking into account the risks and lack of guarantees of fair play.

In order to somehow attract the public and compete with illegal casinos, investors are trying to create complex recreation in gambling zones, where, along with gambling, there is a place for other entertainment and entertainment. outdoor activities(for example, almost all zones design ski slopes). AND big hopes confer on foreign tourists. But the result is still disappointing.

The materials of InoSMI contain only assessments of foreign media and do not reflect the position of the editors of InoSMI.

Introduction

Among the economic levers by which the state influences the market economy, important place allocated to taxes. In a market economy, any state widely uses tax policy as a certain regulator of the impact on negative market phenomena. Taxes, like the entire tax system, are a powerful tool for managing the economy in a market environment.

Gambling business- one of the most profitable activities in the infrastructure of recreation and entertainment in the world, and the history of gambling goes back far into the past of mankind. IN modern Russia gambling business is rapidly gaining momentum, forming the new kind activities, and with it the range of problems that need to be addressed. Therefore, issues related to accounting and taxation of gambling establishments are particularly relevant.

Currently, such relationships are associated with the payment of three types of payments by enterprises in the industry: license fees, gambling business tax, property tax, and tax on income related to winnings. individuals. It is also important that the contribution of the gaming business to the overall tax treasury is steadily growing.

The purpose of this work is to reveal the basic concepts of the gambling business, to identify the objects of taxation, the tax base, the procedure and terms for calculating and paying taxes, to study the gaming business in modern Russia.

To achieve this goal, it is necessary to study the following tasks:

1. Gaming business in modern Russia;

2. Tax period, tax rates;

3. The procedure for calculating and paying tax on gambling business, terms;

4. Tax return.

Gambling business in modern Russia

Gambling business - entrepreneurial activity, which is not the sale of products (goods, works, services) associated with the extraction by a gambling establishment from participation in gambling and betting income in the form of winnings and fees for their conduct.

Gambling is a risk-based winning agreement concluded by two or more participants in such an agreement between themselves or with the organizer of a gambling game according to the rules established by the organizer of a gambling game.

Betting is a game of chance, in which the outcome of a risk-based agreement on winning, concluded by two or more participants in a bet between themselves or with the organizer of this type of gambling, depends on an event, regarding which it is not known whether it will occur or not.

Gambling business in Russia since July 1, 2009 is allowed only in four special economic zones, called gambling zones. However, both before and after that, the Russian gambling business found ways to function outside the zones, from moving its establishments abroad to outright breaking the law inside Russia.

As a result of the check Accounts Chamber Russian Federation, in 2007-2010, 1.4 billion budget rubles were spent on the development of gambling zones (of which 97% in Azov-City), 98.7 million rubles were returned to the state in the form of taxes. The development of gambling zones is slow - investors are afraid to invest, potential customers prefer to play outside of Russia, laws do not cope with the regulation of the gambling industry. According to critics, the reason is that gambling zones became a populist government project in 2006, and cost-effectiveness was sacrificed for the speed of its implementation.

Such a ban came because of the problem of gambling. At the beginning of 2006, there were 56 casinos and 5,000 gambling halls in Moscow alone. In total, there were 65,000 slot machines in the capital.

According to the federal law of Russia No. 244-FZ dated December 29, 2006 "On state regulation of the organization and conduct of gambling and on amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation", from July 1, 2009, gambling establishments in Russia were allowed to operate only in four specially designated places for this (the so-called gambling zones):

· "Primorye" - in the resort area of ​​the Ussuri Bay (Primorsky Territory);

"Siberian coin" - in the Altai region Altai Territory;

· "Yantarnaya" - in the vicinity of the village of Yantarny, Kaliningrad region;

· "Azov-city" - on the territory of the Shcherbinovsky district of the Krasnodar Territory and the Azov district of the Rostov region.

Throughout the rest of Russia, gambling establishments were banned. More than thirty regions of the country (including - Arkhangelsk, Belgorod, Kurgan, Omsk, Chelyabinsk regions, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Tatarstan, a number of regions North Caucasus) introduced bans on gambling establishments on their territory even before the entry into force of the federal law.

As a result of such changes, on July 23, 2011, the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and the Code of Administrative Offenses were supplemented with articles 171.2 and 14.1.1, respectively, with the same title "Illegal organization and conduct of gambling":

criminal liability for the use of gambling equipment outside the gambling zone, for the use of the Internet and means of communication for organizing gambling, for conducting gambling business within the gambling zone without permission - from a fine of 500 thousand rubles to imprisonment for up to 3 years, and for the same acts in particular large size- respectively, up to 1 million rubles and up to 6 years;

· administrative liability for gambling outside the gambling zone, including through communication equipment and the Internet - fines for citizens in the amount of 3-5 thousand rubles, for officials 30-50 thousand rubles, for legal entities 700 thousand - 1 million rubles;

· administrative liability for gambling within the gambling zone without permission - fines for citizens in the amount of 2-4 thousand rubles, for officials 30-50 thousand rubles, for legal entities 500-800 thousand rubles;

· administrative liability for gambling within the gambling zone in violation of the rules - a fine for legal entities in the amount of 300-500 thousand rubles.

According to a survey conducted in June 2009 by the marketing company Profi Online Research among residents of million-plus cities, 72% of respondents welcomed the closure of gambling establishments, and 19% were against; 7% of respondents were indifferent to this, and 2% did not know about their closure.

In October 2006, Boris Belotserkovsky, president of the Unicum Group of Companies, claimed that the gambling business gives the country 30 billion rubles. taxes (of which 10 billion rubles - Moscow), and by the end of 2005, the annual market turnover exceeded $ 1 billion, tax deductions - $ 100 million.

In 2008, the turnover of the gambling business in Russia was estimated by PriceWaterhouseCoopers at $3.6 billion. politics and entrepreneurship of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Evgeny Fedorov, in 2008 the Russian budget received 24 billion rubles from gambling activities.

Thus, we can conclude that despite the fact that the gambling business was banned in Russia, it still continues to exist and develop. Since tax deductions decreased by only 6 billion rubles. (-20%).

In 2009, gambling was banned in Russia. The basis for this was the long-term struggle of physicians who led scary numbers. They argued that slot machines scattered around the streets have become a national disaster, turning millions of people into gambling addicts, giving their last pennies to satisfy their excitement. The law enforcement officers also sounded the alarm - according to their information, the gambling business turned out to be “ black hole”, in which millions of rubles were laundered.

Then the state listened to the experts. And now slot machines are again trying to return to the legal field. Who needs it and why?

Last week, the Ministry of Finance quietly and imperceptibly to the general public submitted to the government amendments to the draft federal law No. 807163-6, amending the law "On Lotteries". The initiative of the Ministry of Finance provides for the possibility of dissemination lottery tickets when conducting non-circulation draws in “lottery shops” using special devices, referred to in the draft law as video lottery terminals.

As stated in the document, these devices will be intended only for the sale of lottery tickets on the model of machines for the sale of coffee and chocolates, to lay in them game combinations will be impossible. So, formally, there is nothing criminal here - he went to the machine, put money in, got a ticket. As Deputy Minister of Finance Alexei Moiseev noted, it was decided to leave this format, since it has been familiar to citizens since Soviet times. At the same time, they emphasize in the department, all measures are taken to prevent video lottery terminals from going beyond the legal framework: a special single operator will monitor the lotteries, and the devices themselves will be placed away from schools and cultural institutions in special closed from prying eyes " lottery stores. Why, then, are lawyers already warning that the Ministry of Finance is actually opening the way for the return of the notorious "one-armed bandits" to the streets of Russian cities?

Marked cards

First of all, the very essence of the presented document causes concern. Last year, the president instructed to develop amendments to the law, but he was just talking about something completely different then. The fact is that after the gambling business was banned, shadow tycoons began to install in crowded places slot machines, disguised as terminals for payment, conducting social surveys or state lotteries. It took a law to deal with them. In June last year, the State Duma adopted the necessary amendments in the first reading, but they turned out to be raw and sent for revision. That is, we note once again that it was about completely putting an end to the machines as such, and not banning some and at the same time allowing others. Moreover, this whole idea with video-lottery terminals, upon careful consideration, very much resembles what we managed to cope with with great efforts seven years ago.

Why? Judge for yourself. Firstly, the amendments of the Ministry of Finance provide for the selection of a single organizer who will conclude an agreement with the operator of the lottery. All this looks like the previous issuance of licenses for gambling activities. By the way, you can imagine what kind of battles will go on for the opportunity to get the tasty status of the operator and how much money will be involved in this.

Secondly, it is argued that the devices themselves will be harmless - they will only sell tickets with the results of an instant draw pre-applied to them. Excuse me, but what is, in fact, the difference with the "one-armed bandits"? The same principle worked there: threw a coin - pulled the handle - got the result. What will now prevent a player in a fit of excitement from putting money into the terminal again and again in the hope of finally pulling out a winning ticket?

By the way, it's time to recall the cases when the owners of the devices reprogrammed them in such a way that it was simply impossible to win. What army of inspectors will need to be kept in order to control all video lottery terminals? Even if not to determine the correctness of the settings, but to establish how legally this terminal works in principle. After all, it is obvious that under the guise of legal state lottery apparatuses, illegal ones will certainly appear. They will immediately have a "roof" - remember the story of underground casinos in the Moscow region. And this is again corruption, unaccounted for money and crime.

Finally, the installation of terminals in one place looks very much like the return of those same gambling clubs. In short, the new is the well-forgotten old.

Pavel Sychev, Member public chamber Russian Federation, in the past - the head of the federal project "Agents to Combat Illegal Gambling":

– I have been fighting illegal gambling business for many years and therefore I know how it works. I have good reason to believe that this bill will lead to the emergence of gambling clubs on the streets, which will become a screen for the placement of full-fledged slot machines. After all, even if today they manage to install them, what will happen when a loophole appears in the law?

Terminals promise a big jackpot

Since mid-2014, when private lotteries were banned in Russia, the gambling market has drastically emptied. Therefore, those who come to it now in accordance with the proposals of the Ministry of Finance will very soon become fabulously rich. Actually, attempts to lobby for the return of the gambling business are already underway. Journalist Oleg Lurie cites a letter on his blog, which, apparently, was personally handed over to the president by billionaire Vasily Anisimov, the owner of Coalco and at the same time the president of the Association of State Lottery Operators and Persons Promoting the Development of the Lottery Industry. It just talks about the desirability of the early adoption of amendments to the law regarding instant lottery machines. The letter complains about the "continuing decline in revenue from ongoing lotteries." An interesting fact: in the letter, the author proposes to resolve “differences in positions in the approach to state regulation of lotteries by the assistant to the President of the Russian Federation A.R. Belousov and First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation I.I. Shuvalov. Bets are made. Apparently, if Igor Shuvalov is asked, then there will be no doubts about the legalization of lottery machines. In the middle of last year, Dozhd wrote that Igor Shuvalov could "cleanse the lottery market from independent players under the pretext of restoring order in the industry." Colleagues also wondered why, in the FBK investigation, the offshore owners of two of three largest operators of state lotteries - "Victory" (formerly "Growth Rates") and "Sportloto" - were "registered in the same place as SevenKey, the former offshore of Shuvalov's wife." But the intersections do not end there either: before Pobeda belonged to Oleg Boyko, the owner gaming clubs"Vulkan" and the closest friend of Deputy Prime Minister Shuvalov. So the lobbying bets are made for real high level. These actions seem especially strange when the association is closed, the website and contact details of which we could not find.

By the way, last summer Anisimov already sent a letter to presidential aide Igor Levitin - then he asked to introduce licensing for organizing and holding online poker in Russia. As Interfax reported, Levitin forwarded Anisimov's letter to Igor Shuvalov and asked to instruct the departments to work out the proposals.

Anisimov is called one of the main figures of the current shrunken gambling market. Now it is mainly operated by bookmakers, whose services are not very popular among the gambling population. Therefore, the resolution of lotteries would become manna from heaven for the "gambling kings". It's not a sin to fight for such a jackpot.

Another pillar of the gambling business is the president trading house"Stoloto" Armen Sargsyan, who, after the ban on private lotteries, remained the only major player in this market. According to The Forbes, structures related to it also control two operators of state lotteries, and the total revenue of the three companies is about 13 billion rubles. Needless to say, Sargsyan's opportunities are more than extensive. And not only financial. Armen Sarkisyan's sister, Jacqueline, heads the apparatus of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market, and his wife is the daughter of the former Deputy Mayor of Moscow, Iosif Ordzhonikidze. “The cleansing of the lottery market from private companies in the interests of Sargsyan was actively lobbied by Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko,” writes The Forbes. The motivation for the ban is that the business is non-transparent and poorly controlled. “They had administrative resources,” confirms a government official. Representatives of the Ministry of Sports went everywhere defending the idea - for them this is the only serious extra-budgetary source of income, and no one in the government deals with lotteries. They also had interests in the gambling business at one time (and it is possible that they have not forgotten about them), Information The Forbes, Alexander Varshavsky, the owner of a company selling Mercedes, BMW and Rolls-Royce cars, and billionaire Oleg Boyko. Surely, Oleg Zhuravsky, the president of the Liga Stavok betting company, and Ilya Shuvalov, the former manager of the Pobeda lottery network, made their bets on the development of the gambling business.

Thus, it seems that a game has begun, with big money at stake. Who will win in it, we will soon find out. But the losers are already known now - all those who again carry their money into the pockets of gambling kings.

MEANWHILE

All-Russian social movement "I love Russia" initiated the collection of signatures for the withdrawal of a bill allowing the holding of non-circulation lotteries. The petition is addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and State Duma deputies.

“If the process that has begun is not stopped, then by June 2016 the country will be overwhelmed by a wave of distribution of slot machines under the guise of lottery terminals. Unfortunate gamers and even more unfortunate members of their families will fall into slavery to " one-armed bandits"will become hostages of imperfect legislation!" - writes the author of the petition, the head of the All-Russian public organization"I love Russia", deputy of the Moscow Region Strogino district Yuri Chernousov.

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Kuban authorities want to extend the work of "Azov-City" until the end of 2018. ... the region announced to the government of the Russian Federation its interest in extending the terms of work gambling zone "Azov-City" until the end of 2018.. This is reported by "Kommersant" ... The Ministry of Finance of Russia was instructed to submit a draft federal law providing for gambling zones by the end of 2018. and reimbursement of investors' costs for the creation ... in 2015. amounted to 230 million rubles. Planned income from gambling business to the regional budget in 2016. is over 225 million rubles...

Finance, 12 Feb 2016, 01:33

The media learned about plans to increase the tax for casinos and bookmakers ten times ... raising taxes for gambling business should be developed by December of this year. Improving administration as a tool to increase tax collection in gambling sphere was discussed ... offices can operate throughout the country. Now gambling business subject to local taxes. Owners gambling establishments must pay 7.5 thousand rubles. V... The media recognized the partners of a gambling company close to the Tkachev family ... co-owners of the largest Russian network of bookmakers "Bingo Boom" and projects gambling Royal Time Group. Kurort Plus, which bought almost 97% of the shares of Krasnaya Polyana in Sochi in October, plans to build a gambling zone. For these purposes, the company, which is considered to be associated with structures ... co-owners of the largest Russian network of bookmakers "Bingo Boom" and projects gambling Royal Time Group, Vedomosti found out. As the publication notes, citing ... The Central Bank suspected brokerage companies in the illegal gaming business ... under the guise of providing citizens with access to the financial market, they illegally develop gambling business. According to the Kommersant newspaper, we are talking about the so-called trade... licenses. The Central Bank has not yet figured out how to solve the problem with gambling business which is masquerading as financial activity because it is out of scope... The Commissioner for Human Rights visited Salakhutdinov in a pre-trial detention center The Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Tatarstan, Sariya Saburskaya, visiting Eduard Salakhutdinov in the Kazan pre-trial detention center, did not reveal any violations of the conditions of his detention. . As Sariya Saburskaya, Commissioner for Human Rights under the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, told reporters, she decided to meet with Eduard Salakhutdinov and get acquainted with the conditions of his detention in SIZO-2 after a series of... The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia published data on the investigation of the "cases of Salakhutdinov" ... Nizhnekamsk police detained 9 citizens who were suspected of organizing an illegal gambling business. They were charged under the article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the organization ... "Dark Spot" in the Election Campaign" F. Mukhametshin gave a press conference. ... continue to actively contribute to ongoing law enforcement work to combat gambling business and illegal alcohol trafficking. The head of the Tatarstan United Russia expressed the opinion that ... this story has one plus: to this problem (illegal gambling business- RBC-Tatarstan) attracted the attention of law enforcement agencies and the public throughout the country... Disorders in the "Legal Order": United Russia Tatarstan responded to MGER ... the slogan of protecting a social activist who suffered from an attack and against illegal gambling business, this campaign quickly turned into a series of indiscriminate and unfounded ... Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Tatarstan Artem Khokhorin on the fight against illegal gambling business. The statistics cited by the minister convinced the members of the party that Tatarstan is the leader among ..., as of August 24, 177 inspections of objects gambling business. Law enforcement officers seized about 3.8 thousand units of various game... Disorders in the Law Order: E. Salakhutdinov detained, T. Ilyin - arrested ... 9 people are involved in the case, who are suspected of organizing an illegal gambling business in Kazan and Nizhnekamsk. According to one of the defendants in this ... he promised not to touch the gamers during raids to identify objects gambling business. Ilyin Vakhitovsky himself district court Kazan, on August 21, concluded under ... appealed to the police 55 times. Of these, on the fact of illegal gambling business "High-profile case" ... A fighter with underground casinos was caught for their "protection". ... . The chairman of the organization "Legal order" is Eduard Salakhutdinov, an activist in the fight against gambling establishments and the sale of alcoholic products, the beating of which became known ... the organizer of the underground gambling business. The man admitted that he had to transfer 10-11 thousand rubles to Ilyin every month for "non-intervention" in the criminal business. After... I went to the police 55 times. Of these, on the fact of illegal gambling business- 36 (in 2015 - 19), illegal sale of alcoholic products - 19 ... ... He. Well-known Kazan lawyer Vsevolod Dobrynin told RBC-Tatarstan that gambling business- this is one of those areas criminal activity where the tightening of the punishment... effect. He explained that the flourishing of underground casinos is facilitated by corruption - "protection" gambling business Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan: adopted amendments to the Criminal Code will help to eradicate underground casinos From now on, the Tatarstan police have “free hands” to fight illegal gambling business. This was reported to journalists on January 15 by the head of the Department of Economic ... Effect. He explained that the flourishing of underground casinos is facilitated by corruption - "protection" gambling business official structures and owners of rented premises. Regulators who must... ... district police departments in insufficiently high-quality work to counter illegal gambling business. In place of the recently closed salons, new ones immediately appear, which ... ”, - he turned to his subordinates. In Naberezhnye Chelny, we recall, in the "protection" gambling business several employees suspect executive committee of the city and the deputy of the city council ... Kazan police filed claims for ineffective fight against gambling parlors ... tone to the police officers. If only to fight illegal gambling business it was so simple, the problem would have been solved a long time ago, ”he stood up for ... ”, he turned to his subordinates. In Naberezhnye Chelny, we recall, in the "protection" gambling business several employees of the executive committee of the city and a deputy of the city council suspect ... RT Ildar Khalikov, without toughening sanctions, the laborious work of gambling business comes to naught. Dina Valiullina ... RT Ildar Khalikov, without tightening sanctions, the laborious work of fighters against gambling business comes to naught. . The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tatarstan is going to come up with a legislative initiative... premises for illegal business gambling business comes to naught... The Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Tatarstan proposes to equate illegal gambling business with serious crimes ... premises for illegal business. According to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan Ildar Khalikov, without tightening sanctions, the labor-intensive work of fighters against gambling business is reduced to nothing ... by a request to support the initiatives of the Republic of Tajikistan to toughen penalties for crimes in gambling sphere. The existing legislation, according to Khalikov, does not contribute to solving the problem... law enforcement officers conducted 1.8 thousand checks gambling establishments, 34 thousand units were seized gambling equipment. For the illegal organization and conduct of gambling... Putin instructed to work out the issue of opening a casino in Sochi ... Putin instructed the government and the governor of the Krasnodar Territory to work out the issue of placing gambling zones in Sochi. . "An appeal was received addressed to Putin from ... the Sochi Council and the head of the city, in which proposals to open gambling zone," the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov RIA Novosti quotes ... Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, an unnamed representative of the banking sector proposed to create gambling zone in Krasnaya Polyana. It was later revealed that it was... The President of the Republic of Tatarstan promised to support the fight against illegal gambling ... promised to the fighters against illegal gambling business comprehensive support. The head of the Republic of Tatarstan stated this at a meeting on countering illegal gambling business that passed 6... with illegal gambling business to a higher level. An extended meeting of the Coordinating Meeting of the Heads of Law Enforcement Agencies of the Republic of Tajikistan, dedicated to the issue countering illegal gambling business, passed in...

03 Feb 2014, 17:33

2 new casinos may open in Azov-City in the next 1-2 years ... , the company "Restaurateur" in the same year is going to start construction in gambling zone of a new resort with a casino. Implementation latest project will be carried out... the official presentation of the resort project with a casino. Currently in gambling zone "Azov-City", which is located in the Shcherbinovsky district of the Krasnodar Territory .... m. However, the company is currently completing the construction of Phase 3 gambling complex ORACUL, which includes hotel rooms, additional areas of the casino... The deputy head of the police of Vostochny Biryulyov, who “protected” the casino, was arrested Konstantin Glazov, deputy head of the Biryulyovo Vostochnoye Department of Internal Affairs, suspected of organizing an illegal gambling business, arrested. This was reported by the press service Investigative Committee RF. . TO... Bashkir deputies proposed to tighten the law on gambling ...). with the project federal law aimed at strengthening responsibility in the field gambling business the deputy chairman of the Committee on State Building, Law and Order and Judicial... took the floor as the organizer gambling business large income, that is, from an amount exceeding 1.5 million rubles. "" As practice shows, it is impossible to "cover" gambling club to... During the storming of a casino in Khabarovsk, operatives found a judge ... ban gambling business in Russia came into force on July 1, 2009. For four years already gambling institutions can operate only in special gambling zones. It is worth noting that this is not the first incident when, in cases related to illegal gambling... authorities and law enforcement agencies. There is still an investigation of the resonant " gambling case", initiated in 2011. According to the investigation, businessman Ivan Nazarov ... Casino closed in Moscow was in an armored bunker ... evacuation of players. This was reported in the press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. . " gambling the establishment was located on the basement floor of a two-story building, equipped with bank doors ... disguised as cabinets. The walls of the premises are built hiding places for concealment. gambling equipment," the Interior Ministry said. They noted that there were... A casino with a tunnel for the escape of players was covered in the capital's university ... the fighters of the "Lynx" detachment had to destroy part of the wall in order to get inside gambling establishments. Each hall of the underground casino was isolated by gateways disguised as cabinets. The walls of the premises are built hiding places for concealment. gambling equipment. In addition, the police found a tunnel under construction for emergency evacuation... ... claim that income from gambling business account for about 50% of non-tax revenues in municipal budget. According to Georgian law, gambling business not banned in the country. The candidate ... noted that Georgian Dream is not going to liquidate the casino, but this business"should be settled." Recall that the elections to the Parliament of Georgia, held... Major of the traffic police of Volgograd earned 65 million rubles. in the gambling business ... a case against a traffic police major and three of his accomplices who organized an illegal gambling business in the regional capital. The investigation believes that since December 1 ... the participants in the crime had a clear distribution of roles. Three of them managed gambling Society, 07 Jul 2011, 16:07 The court allowed the investigation a deal with a repentant prosecutor ... of the Prosecutor's Office of the Moscow Region to Dmitry Urumov, accused of taking a bribe from the organizers gambling business. . The decision of the Tverskoy Court canceled the decision to refuse detention from ... days. Earlier, D. Ururmov had already testified about his involvement in gambling the case of three high-ranking prosecutorial officials: the head of the main organizational and inspection department ... The State Duma doubled the fines for illegal casinos ... the second and third readings of the presidential bill, which is in favor of organizing an illegal gambling business provides for a fine of up to 1 million rubles. and imprisonment until... . Thus, the approved law actually doubled the fines for illegal gambling activity. It also provides for the possibility of punishment in the form of restriction of the right to occupy ... Another person involved in the case of "protection" of a casino in the suburbs was detained Investigation into the case of organizing an illegal gambling business in the Moscow region detained another participant in the scandal around underground casinos. . ... Committee of the Russian Federation, high-ranking employees of the prosecutor's office near Moscow "roofed" business businessman Ivan Nazarov - a network of illegal gambling I. Nazarov named to the investigation all the patrons of the gambling business ... organizing a network of underground casinos, named the names of high-ranking patrons of his business. He said this in an interview with the NTV channel. . Businessman Ivan ... organizing a network of underground casinos, named to the investigation the names of high-ranking patrons of his business. He said this in an interview with the NTV channel. I. Nazarov ... its participants, who himself contacted the businessman after the ban on activities gambling establishments with a proposal to pay him bribes and continue to work. We note ...