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Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan uses the tenge and a single national time zone, UTC+5.

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Country facts

Central Asia
Capital
Astana
Currency
KZT ₸ Kazakhstani tenge
Population
20.84m 2025 estimate
Time zone
UTC+5 One national time zone since 1 March 2024; older UTC+6 listings for Astana or Almaty are outdated.
Calling code
+7
Domain
.kz
Wrestling icon Popular sport Wrestling Sources & dates
Kazakhstan highlighted in charcoal, with neighbouring areas in grey. Generalised Natural Earth locator.
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Bookmakers

Compare three bookmaker reviews selected from the BetandLink profiles that list Kazakhstan. The currency and language information below comes from the supplied archive; it does not establish current local authorisation.

Kazakhstan moved to a single UTC+5 time zone on 1 March 2024. That makes an old UTC+6 setting for Astana or Almaty a practical source of mistakes when reading a fixture time. Check whether a sports page displays venue time, account time or the timezone selected on your device. [2]

The country card uses Astana as the capital and KZT for the tenge. A Kazakh-language interface and a Russian-language interface can both be relevant to local users, but language availability is separate from a service's country eligibility. Keep the bookmaker's country list and the named payment method alongside the currency setting. [1]

Profile guide 1XBET

1XBET

1XBET lists Kazakhstan in its BetandLink country profile. Its account information includes KZT · ₸; its interface languages include Kazakh. [16]

  • KZT listed
  • Kazakh interface
  • Country in profile
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Betwinner

Betwinner

Open the Betwinner review to compare the listed languages, account currencies and payment options. Kazakhstan appears in its country list. [17]

  • KZT listed
  • Kazakh interface
  • Country in profile
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22BET

22BET

The supplied 22BET profile includes Kazakhstan. Read its full account details alongside the domestic currency and payment information in this guide. [18]

  • KZT listed
  • Kazakh interface
  • Country in profile
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More bookies

Profile details come from the supplied BetandLink archive. Operators with a documented current customer restriction for this country are excluded. A language option or currency listing does not confirm current registration eligibility or local authorisation.

Did you know?

Kuresi

Kuresi is a Kazakh wrestling tradition in which the aim is to bring an opponent's shoulders to the ground. UNESCO inscribed it in 2016 and describes participation by both men and women, including professional competition. [8]

The wrestlers are known as baluans and also appear in Kazakhstan's folklore and literature. That connection gives the sport a place beyond a fixture list: it is both a competitive discipline and a familiar cultural reference. [8]

Odds explained

Odds formats

Decimal odds make international fixed-price markets easier to compare. Lottery draws such as those on Satty Zhuldyz follow their own prize rules; a displayed jackpot should never be read as a decimal return multiplier. [13]

At fixed decimal odds of 1.90, a winning KZT 5,000 stake returns KZT 9,500, including KZT 4,500 profit.

Currency

The tenge is identified by KZT and the symbol ₸. The National Bank's history records the currency's introduction in 1993, and its banknote archive shows the original issue date of 15 November. This is a different monetary unit from the som, somoni and sum used elsewhere in Central Asia. [3]

KZT

Kazakhstani tenge

Currency settings

For a KZT account, calculate payment costs from the amount actually debited in tenge. A local bank app may show an immediate debit while the receiving service still has its own crediting process. If the receiving balance uses another currency, preserve both figures and check how funds will be converted on withdrawal.

Payments

Domestic payment options in Kazakhstan include the services below. Their presence in the country does not mean that a bookmaker accepts them.

Kaspi QR

Payments

Kaspi QR is a named function within the Kaspi.kz app. Kaspi's guide shows where to find it, including the app's main screen and banking sections, and says the user must sign in. Use the QR function supplied by the app and inspect the payee shown before confirming a payment. [4]

Instant transfer

Bank network

The National Bank describes its Instant Payment System as infrastructure for round-the-clock interbank transfers, including transfers by mobile number. A phone-number alias is a way of finding the recipient; it should not replace checking that the recipient is the intended person or business. [5]

Bank transfer

Payments

An account transfer remains a distinct option from a merchant QR checkout. Read the bank details, beneficiary name and reference together. Where a service supplies several payment routes, compare the actual processing and withdrawal conditions instead of assuming that every transfer from the same bank app has the same result. [5]

Before paying

Kazakhstan's mobile banking can make a payment look simple, but the destination still matters. A merchant checkout, a transfer to a telephone-number alias and a transfer using account details identify different payment arrangements. Check the name and purpose before confirming, and verify the withdrawal route in advance.

Local operator

National lottery

Satty Zhuldyz

Satty Zhuldyz is the Kazakhstan lottery reference on the .kz domain. Its official site lists draw games such as LOTO 6/49 and TeleBingo alongside instant products, results and ticket information. It is a lottery operator, so its draw rules should not be presented as fixed-odds sportsbook terms. [6] [7]

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Wrestling

Wrestling icon

Kuresi provides a distinctive local wrestling reference for Kazakhstan. Its techniques and competition rules should be read on their own terms rather than treated as identical to freestyle wrestling, judo or another grappling sport. When following a tournament, identify the discipline and weight category before comparing competitors or results. [8]

Sources

Population: 2025. UN population estimate. Country facts and operator profile information have separate sources.

  1. United Nations Statistics Division — Kazakhstan country profile
  2. Government of Kazakhstan — Kazakhstan establishes a single time zone
  3. National Bank of Kazakhstan — Banknotes of 1993
  4. Kaspi.kz — Where is Kaspi QR in the app?
  5. National Bank of Kazakhstan — Launch of the Instant Payment System
  6. Satty Zhuldyz — Satty Zhuldyz official lottery site
  7. Satty Zhuldyz — Satty Zhuldyz games
  8. UNESCO — Kuresi in Kazakhstan
  9. International Telecommunication Union — National numbering plans
  10. IANA — Root Zone Database
  11. IANA — Time Zone Database
  12. Natural Earth — Generalised country boundaries, 1:50m
  13. Sportradar — Decimal, Hong Kong and Malay odds
  14. 22BIT — Cryptocurrencies and identity verification
  15. IANA — .kz delegation record
  16. BetandLink — 1XBET profile
  17. BetandLink — Betwinner profile
  18. BetandLink — 22BET profile
  19. BetandLink — Marathonbet profile
  20. BetandLink — Melbet profile
  21. BetandLink — 888Starz profile
  22. BetandLink — Betandyou profile
  23. BetandLink — Linebet profile