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BBC: The new Vegas of the East?

By BBC.
Guests gamble on the casino floor at the Riviera Hotel & Casino on April 30, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Russia's vast eastern frontier is sparsely populated and underdeveloped - but one town there is hoping to become the new Vegas of the East and attract gamblers from across Asia, says the BBC's Stephen Sackur.

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