In Russia’s Altai Krai region, the Siberian Coin gambling zone has generated revenue of RUB 1.1bn in 2025, an increase of 3.3% compared with 2024. However, this was a slowdown from the previous year, when revenue rose by 17.3%.
Nevertheless, casino profits fell as expenses continued to rise. Net profit declined by 4.9% year-on-year to RUB 605.6m.
The gambling zone attributed the weaker performance to a mix of economic and geopolitical pressures. Representatives pointed to sanctions restrictions, global instability, uncertainty in capital markets and a weakening Rouble as key factors.
In Q1 2026, Siberian Coin welcomed 195,850 visitors, a 13.5% increase compared with Q1 2025. It ranked as the second most visited of Russia’s four established gambling zones.
Overall, the country’s gambling zones recorded 602,772 visitors in Q1 2026, a 5.5% year-on-year increase and a new record.
Russia currently has four established legal gambling zones, with a fifth under construction in Crimea. The creation of a sixth zone in Altai has been approved at the federal level and signed by President Putin.
Preliminary estimates suggest the sixth zone could generate RUB 300m annually for the budget. Of this, approximately RUB 210m would go to the federal budget, while the region would receive about RUB 115m in property tax revenue.
Meanwhile, some Altai residents have expressed concerns about the growth of gambling in the region, while others view the proposed zone as a potential boost to the regional budget through additional revenue.
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