Russian laws shut casinos

TENS of thousands of casinos and slot-machines across Russia shut down yesterday as sweeping new laws confining gambling to four remote regions came into effect.

Thu, 02 Jul, 2009 - 01:00

TENS of thousands of casinos and slot-machines across Russia shut down yesterday as sweeping new laws confining gambling to four remote regions came into effect.

The restrictions will put an estimated 400,000 people out of work.

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