Kazakhstan shuts down Nomad Games and Sultangames online casino network with 188 billion tenge turnover

Kazakhstan has dismantled an online casino network operating under the Nomad Games and Sultangames brands, with reported turnover of 188 billion tenge ($410 million). The part that matters for payment operators: the scheme allegedly involved representatives of the banking sector, which is where the compliance and acquiring questions usually start getting expensive.

1. The network was operating in Kazakhstan and used the Nomad Games and Sultangames brands, according to the source. The reported turnover reached 188 billion tenge ($410 million), which gives a sense of scale: this was not a side project running on pocket change.
2. The source says the illegal scheme involved representatives of the banking sector. For PSPs and acquirers, that is the useful detail, because it points to internal enablement rather than just end-user traffic and raises the obvious questions around merchant onboarding, transaction monitoring, and partner-bank oversight.
3. The original item does not specify the exact enforcement body, the mechanics of the dismantling, or any named individuals. What it does establish is that the operation was treated as a criminal online-casino network, not a routine consumer protection case.