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What Happens in Siberia Stays in Siberia

Reason Staff | 7.7.2009 6:10 AM

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The Russian government has closed all of the legal casinos in the country. According to ABC News, the move cost some 400,000 casino workers their jobs. The government plans to restrict casinos to four remote regions of the country.

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