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Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies has taken the first
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step in a wide ranging gambling study
GeorGia
CAI has launched its new casino in the
recently opened Hilton Hotel Batumi
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Contents
DECEMBER 2015
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south aMerica News
01: BRAZIL
Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies has taken the
first step in a wide ranging study on possible
legalisation of gambling
eMea News
02: GEORGIA
Casinos Austria International (CAI) has
launched its new casino in the recently
opened Hilton Hotel Batumi.
– G3Newswire pg 08
01: BRAZIL
The Minister of Tourism for Brazil has come
out publicly in favour of the legalisation of
casinos and bingo halls
03: CYPRUS
APEX gaming has recorded the successful trial
and installation of its Pinnacle gaming slits at
Casino Savoy in Northern Cyprus
01: BRAZIL
Brazilian government has announced that it is
now preparing a tender for the private sector
to run its instant games division
04: BELGIUM
Belgium’s Casino Ostend has reaffirmed its
commitment to the MEI SC83 note acceptor
from CPI into the future
North aMerica News
05: NEVADA
The $3bn Fontainebleau Las Vegas has been
put on the market by its billionaire owner, Carl
Icahn, for US$650m
asia & oceaNia News
07: AUSTRALIA
Australian operator Crown Melbourne is
adding a brand new luxury six-star hotel
tower to its Melbourne casino precinct
06: TEXAS
The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas has
been approved to open a Class II gaming
facility on tribal lands
08: TAIWAN
It’s groundhog day for the citizens of Taiwan’s
Penghu island as the local government seeks
referendum re-run
05: NEVADA
Las Vegas’ Jerry’s Nugget Casino has selected
Konami’s SYNKROS Gaming Enterprise
Management System
07: AUSTRALIA
Australia’s Tabcorp has been performing
strongly with reported net profit for 2015 up
157 per cent on the prior year
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G3 examines the evolving state of the gaming
industry across South America’s
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LATIN AMERICA ONLINE GAMING REPORT
The final part of G3’s examination of the online
gaming markets across South America
concludes with Peru and Uruguay
– G3247.com Report pg 54
AGEM CELEBRATES MOST EFFECTIVE YEAR
AGEM President Thomas Jingoli looks back on
the most productive year ever for the
international trade association - AGEM
– G3 Interview pg 34
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Clarion Events, with partners Urban
Expositions, have announced the launch of
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American and Caribbean gaming industry.
World Partner to Clarion Events
– Events pg 36
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Comment
DECEMBER 2015
We spend a lot of time at G3 studying markets and delivering reports and analysis
from all parts of the world. Gathering information for our latest report on Brazil I
came across a report from research company Maplecroft that listed the countries
around the world with the worst records on human rights.The figures are part of an
annual Human Rights Risk Atlas (HRRA) that makes sobering reading as it list 197
countries, ranking those with the worst rights records at the top of the list, and
those with low human rights risk at the bottom.
What I found interesting is that if you look at the list wearing a gaming hat, the
most stricking things is the number of countries that outlaw gaming to protect its
citizens are the same countries that have the worst records on human rights.
Some of the countries that have recently been downgraded as ‘extreme risk’ countries, Ukraine, Thailand and Turkey, are countries that have banned gaming only to
send their citizens to neighbouring markets or to illegal gaming sites with no protection within their own borders. There are obviously countries that ban gaming on
religious grounds and those countries currently suffering conflict and upheaval that
must be taken into account, but on the whole, the greater the level of gaming
restriction - the higher the risk within that country of human rights abuses.
While I wouldn’t suggest that gaming plays any part in reducing the risk of human
rights abuses, I do think that allowing people the
freedom to gamble is a recognition by a state that it
IF YOU’RE A
trusts its citizens to exert their own control over
their actions. Many times I’ve heard the argument
COUNTRY AT THE
of intensive regulation being part of a nanny-state,
TOP END OF THE
which feels like a somewhat cosy and benign term
for the governments of countries appearing at the
HRRA LIST, IT’S
top of the HRRA list.
GUARANTEED
THAT YOU’RE
ALSO STRICTLY
OPPOSED TO
GAMING.
If you’re a country at the extreme top end of the
HRRA list, it’s pretty much guaranteed that you’re
also strictly opposed to gaming. Race down to the
very bottom of the list and you encounter the opposite spectrum of countries, those that allow all
forms of gaming, especially across multi-channels,
from Internet, land-based and mobile.
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Organiser
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Contact: Susan Feery
Tel: +353 (0)87 609 0109
Web: www.irishgaming.ie
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Deputies stuDy new legalisation
Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies has taken
the first step in a wide ranging study on
possible legalisation of gambling
Brazil - Legislation
la Cámara De DiputaDos De Brasil ha DaDo el
primer paso en un estudio de amplio alcance sobre las implicaciones de una posible legalización del bingo, los casinos y otras
actividades de juego, con la integración de una Comisión
Especial para examinar diez propuestas sobre el tema. El
Comité Especial del Marco Regulatorio del Juego en Brasil se
ha creado a petición del diputado Nelson Marquezelli (PTB-SP),
quien aboga por la legislación como una forma de estimular la
creación de empleo y el turismo en el país.
el DireCtor Del Comité De Control Del Juego De
Colombia (Coljuegos) ha anunciado una importante ofensiva
contra el juego online, y ha enfatizado las ventajas que tendrán
sobre el sector las nuevas normas que regulan las carreras de
caballos a nivel local. El Comité de Control del Juego también
ha anunciado planes para bloquear los sitios web de juego
extranjeros que ofrecen sus servicios a los residentes locales.
el ministro De turismo De Brasil, henrique
Alves, se ha declarado públicamente a favor de la legalización
de los casinos y los bingos. Confirmó que ya ha enviado un
proyecto de ley al director de la Secretaría de Gobierno, Ricardo
Berzoini, que será estudiado por el Ejecutivo.
la empresa española De Juego Cirsa poDría
estar apuntando hacia Brasil, ahora que el juego ha vuelto a
ocupar el foco del debate en el congreso brasileño. El director
gerente de la empresa en Brasil, Miguel Santesteban Zorrilla,
declaró ante la prensa local que si no se legaliza el juego a
finales de este año, la empresa estaría lista para aprovechar la
apertura del mercado el próximo año.
a fin De reforzar los ingresos para el
Estado, el Gobierno brasileño ha anunciado que se encuentra
preparando el procedimiento de licitación para que el sector
privado gestione íntegramente el funcionamiento de su
división de juegos de premio instantáneo. Actualmente, los
juegos de premio instantáneo están siendo gestionados exclusivamente por Caixa (banco estatal de Brasil).
el proCeso De ConsoliDaCión De las operaciones
entre las empresas chilenas fusionadas Dreams y South
African Sun International se pondrá en marcha en diciembre. El
proceso de consolidación se desarrollará durante aproximadamente un año, en un primer período en el que la empresa
invertirá hasta 10 millones de dólares, entre otras cosas, en el
desarrollo de sistemas y la unificación de los jugadores.
town anD County leisure, la empresa
dedicada al juego y el entretenimiento con sede en
Birmingham, se ha hecho con los derechos de distribución del
sistema Ticket2Go líder del mercado de JCM FutureLogic, que
ofrece a los establecimientos pequeños y medianos una solución para las máquinas de juego que actualmente no están
conectadas a un sistema TITO.
inspireD, el proveeDor líDer De virtual Sports,
Mobile Games y SBG Video Lottery, ha anunciado hoy que le
suministrará a SNAI acceso a su primera colección de productos de juego de Mike Tyson para el mercado del juego italiano.
greentuBe, la uniDaD De negoCio interaCtiva
de Novomatic, ha anunciado que ha alcanzado un acuerdo
sobre contenidos con el Circus Group.
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Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies has taken the first
step in a wide ranging study on the implications of
a possible the legalisation of bingo, casinos and
other gambling with the integration of a Special
Commission to examine ten proposals on the subject.
The Special Committee on the Regulatory
Framework on Games in Brazil has been created
at the request of Deputy Nelson Marquezelli
(PTB-SP), who advocates legalisation as a way to
stimulate job creation and tourism in the country.
The joint committee will analyse, among other
topics, the legalisation of games via the Internet,
slot machines and the popular street lottery
known as the Animal Game.
Referring to the UN: “Of 193 countries, gaming is
already established in 177 of them. 200,000
Brazilians will play in other countries, in particular in Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Paraguay. We
cannot let the currency flow out of this country.
We have 2.5 million people playing worldwide
and we have to make these people come to play in
Brazil,” Mr Marquezelli said. These sentiments
were echoed by Deputy Elmar Nascimento who
said: “We cannot ignore that gaming is a source of
tourism revenue in the more developed countries.”
The members of the committee estimate that the
legalisation of gaming could generate revenue
equivalent to more than half of the US$10.5bn that
the government is currently attempting to raise
via the so called Provisional Contribution on
Financial Transactions (CPMF) plan which is
aimed at balancing public finances.
The minister admitted that the issue is still controversial and that the any pro gaming legislation will
meet fierce resistance from religious groups.
However, the news comes just days after the
Minister of Tourism for Brazil, Henrique Alves,
came out publicly in favour of the legalisation of
casinos and bingo halls. The Minister confirmed
that he had already submitted a bill to the head of
the Secretariat of Government, Ricardo Berzoini,
which will be studied by the Executive branch.
The creation of the committee is the latest in a
number of fast moving developments after
President Dilma Rousseff sought out the opinion
of lawmakers on their stance on the issue in
August. In the conversation with legislators, it is
believed that the President admitted that the government was considering allowing gambling in
order to improve the economy and reduce the fiscal deficit.
Colombia brings in new rules
for Online and Horse Racing
COLOMBIA
The Head of The Colombian
Gaming Control Board (Coljuegos)
has announced a major crackdown on online gaming and
emphasised the benefits new
rules of the local horse race will
have on the industry.
The Gaming Control Board has
also announced plans to block
offshore gaming sites offering
their services to locals. The new
rules follow the largest crackdown in Colombian history on
the land based sector with the
board announcing that is has broken the record when it comes to
the confiscation of illegal gaming
equipment and machinery.
According to head Cristina
Arango, the board has so far confiscated 2,512 pieces of gaming
equipment in total and imposed
fines of US$13.6m so far this year.
The board plans to block sites via
local police agencies in what
could herald one of the strictest
polices again online gaming in the
entire region. “We have identified
around 200 sites and the idea is
to control them via a program in
conjunction with the Ministry of
Technology and Information and
the Cyber Crimes Police. With
them we are setting up a similar
scheme to the struggle against
child pornography in order to
block these gambling pages on
football, poker and some online
lotteries,” Cristina Arango said.
She also went onto to outline the
reason for the recent tax break
for the horse racing industry and
how it compared favourably on
the tax rate for other popular
games in the region such as
Baloto – a lottery which runs
twice a week and Super Astro – a
lottery type game based around
the signs of the zodiac.
The Colombian Gaming Control
Board is aiming to provide a new
impetus to the industry by cutting
taxes and extending licences.
Amendments to Colombia’s horse
racing laws will cut taxes to just
one per cent from five per cent on
gross sales, extend licences for 10
years and give local municipalities more say over the industry.
“This rate is lower than Baloto
which stands at 32 per cent and
compared to sports betting which
stands at 24 percent and Super
Astro which pays 10 per cent. It’s
a significantly lower rate as what
we are trying to encourage is this
type of business which involves
large investments with coordination between horse breeders
horse track operates, jockeys and
track staff,” she said.
In its heyday the horse racing
industry employed over 40,000
people in Colombia but has been
sharp decline with a total of
eleven tracks closing over recent
years and there are now only a
handful of thoroughbred breeders
left.
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minister favours new Casino law
the Minister of tourism for Brazil has
come out publicly in favour of the
legalisation of casinos and bingo halls
Brazil - Government
Casino ostenD sigue reafirmanDo su antiguo
compromiso de usar aceptadores de billetes MEI SC83 de
Crane Payment Innovations (CPI), una empresa de Crane Co.
La dirección de este complejo recreativo situado en la costa de
Bélgica empezó a especificar el MEI SC83 en todas sus nuevas
adquisiciones de tragaperras en 2003.
el ConteniDo omniCanal pionero De playteCh
se ha lanzado en toda la gama de productos de Mecca Bingo,
incluidos sus nuevos dispositivos móviles Mecca Max que le
permiten a esta marca líder ofrecerles a los jugadores la experiencia de juego definitiva.
tras un aJuste en su estrategia De Desarrollo
empresarial, el operador de juego con apuestas bajas Praesepe
ha confirmado la venta del centro de juego para adultos Crystal
Rooms ubicado en Leicester Square, en el centro de Londres, al
vecino y galardonado Hippodrome Casino.
el multimillonario inversor Carl iCahn le ha
pedido a la empresa inmobiliaria de Los Ángeles CBRE Group
que se deshaga del complejo de hotel y casino Fountainebleu,
en su tiempo valorado en 3000 millones de dólares, y que
muchos han descrito como «un dolor para la vista» en la zona
norte de la Franja de Las Vegas.
Juegos miami, el nuevo ConCepto De evento
para el sector del juego pan-latinoamericano y caribeño (del 31
de mayo al 3 de junio de 2016, en The Biltmore, Coral Gables,
Miami), está recibiendo un amplio apoyo de un número cada
vez mayor de destacados actores en el mercado.
el Departamento De interior De estaDos
Unidos (DOI) y la Comisión del Juego Nacional India (NIGC) han
dado luz verde para que la tribu Alabama-Coushatta de Texas
abra un establecimiento de juego de categoría II en zonas tribales conforme a la Ley de Regulación del Juego de los Indios.
synkros, el sistema De gestión De Casinos De
Konami Gaming, ha sido elegido por el Jerry’s Nugget Casino,
ubicado justo al norte del centro urbano de Las Vegas.
el australiano star entertainment group le
pagará al Gobierno de Queensland 272 millones de dólares en
compensación por el derecho a desarrollar el casino y complejo
recreativo Queen’s Wharf, que generará más de 1000 millones
de impuestos estatales a lo largo de 10 años.
gaming laBoratories international ha
obtenido recientemente la acreditación como establecimiento
homologado de ensayos de juego online por parte de la
Comisión de Supervisión del Juego de la Isla de Man.
la isla taiwanesa De penghu está tomanDo en
consideración una vez más el desarrollo de un casino, y parece
que los residentes se disponen a votar sobre el asunto después
de las elecciones presidenciales en Taiwán, que se celebran el
16 de enero.
las Cosas marChan Bien para el grupo De
apuestas australiano Tabcorp, que registró para el ejercicio fiscal 2015 un beneficio neto después de impuestos de 334,5
millones de dólares australianos, lo que supone una subida del
157 por ciento con respecto al año anterior.
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The Minister of Tourism for Brazil, Henrique Alves,
has come out publicly in favour of the legalisation
of casinos and bingo halls. He confirmed that he
has already submitted a bill to the head of the
Secretariat of Government, Ricardo Berzoini,
which will be studied by the Executive branch.
“I have delivered a proposal to minister Berzoini so
that the Government can carry out a preliminary
examination of this project, which I know is controversial,” Mr. Alves said in comments reported
by news agency Agencia Brasil.
Speaking during the meeting of the Business
Leaders Group (LIDE), in Sao Paulo, The Minister
said that he had studied the laws currently governing gambling in various countries, including
Spain, Argentina and Portugal, before drafting his
proposal. According to Mr. Alves, the proposal is
still being discussed internally by the government
of President Dilma Rousseff. As reported shortfall
in taxes generated by Brazil’s struggling economy
has prompted the government to cut budgets and
raise taxes. Rousseff and several cabinet ministers
met with party leaders from the alliance last
month to discuss the issue to see if the new proposals would have their approval, according to
statements made later by a number of lawmakers
to local media. If the government finally green
lights gaming it would be one of the most momentous moments in Latin American gaming history
and could open up a huge and as yet largely
untapped market.
One of the arguments put forward by the Minister
for a change in legislation is that gambling is
already legal in most of the countries that are part
of the United Nations.
“Of the 194 countries that make up the UN, 156
have legalised gambling, and those who do not, 70
per cent of them are Muslim countries where
there is a very radical feeling when it comes to the
legalisation of gambling,” he said. However any
debate on the issue is bound to cause controversy
in Brazil especially amongst religious groups and
will meet fierce resistance from evangelical MPs,
who have a strong presence in Congress.
Argentina
Lottery Córdoba has now opened Ansenuza Hotel Casino and Spa in Miramar, a city on the coast of the
Atlantic Ocean, south of Buenos Aires. The world-class venture has opened with a modern casino, spa, golf
course with nine holes, a spa and 60 rooms overlooking the lagoon Mar Chiquita. The Governor of Cordoba,
Dr. Jose Manuel de la Sota, the National Senator, Adriana Nazario and the Minister of Infrastructure, Manuel
Calvo shared the ribbon cutting along with executives from Córdoba Lottery. Marta Zabala, Head of the
Lottery of Cordoba, said: “The hotel is one of the best in the province, meeting the objectives of the
Governor, who want other private investors to follow this initiative and improve their hotels for guests.”
Legislative change inspires
Cirsa to invest in Brazil market
BRAZIL
Spanish gaming company Cirsa
could be looking to Brazil now
that gaming is once again the
focus of debate in the Brazilian
congress. Managing Director of
the company in Brazil, Miguel
Santesteban Zorrilla told local
press that if gaming is not
legalised by the end of this year
then the company would be
ready to take advantage of the
market opening up next year.
“Everything will depend on the
law that is passed,” he said.
While the exact figures for Cirsa’s
investment plan in Brazil were
not revealed the executive said
that he expected most of the
investment would be in big cities
with a lot of investment in the
area aimed at reviving old historical casinos in Brazil. The state of
Minas Gerais would naturally
stand out due to the fact that it
has a long history associated with
gaming, he said.
Mr. Zorrilla said that around 70
per cent of the public in casinos
in Paraguay and in Dubai are
Brazilian. “There are Brazilians
everywhere,” he said. “There are
also direct flights from Brazil to
Las Vegas. All these people are
not going to stop playing, or play
any more if it is legalised. Brazil
has the opportunity for all the
money which people spend on
casinos outside to now stay in
Brazil,” he said.
He also criticised the current ban
on gambling in Brazil, because he
said it does not prevent illegal
gambling and pointed out that
players can currently play via
offshore betting sites. Legalising
gaming would not, he said greatly
increase gaming addiction as the
new law would not be about primarily promoting gaming in
Brazil but rather legalising what
already exists.
Illegal gaming remains a huge
issue in Brazil. According to some
estimates illegal gaming could be
worth almost double of the R$
11.1bn generated by legal gaming
which is composed of R$ 10.4bn
generated by Federal lotteries,
R$400m generated by the state
lotteries and R$300m by horse
racing. Casinos were first banned
in 1946 by President Eurico
Gaspar Dutra. Before the ban
Brazilian casinos were some of
the most famous in the world and
generated significant revenue.
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Brazil privatises instant games
Brazil’s government has announced that it
is now preparing a tender for the private
sector to run its instant games division
Brazil - Legislation
In order to strengthen revenue for the state the
Brazilian government has announced that it is
now preparing the tender procedure for the private sector to run the entire operation of its
instant games division. Instants are currently
managed solely by Caixa (Brazil’s state owned
bank). It is understood that measures which
authorise Caixa to buy stakes in other banks,
either directly or through subsidiaries, are being
used to pave the way for Caixa to create a new
company to operate instant lotteries.
“We are pleased to introduce IGT’s Galaxis system solution to
our customers in Colombia and Chile,” said Marcel
Heutmekers, IGT VP of Commercial Gaming International.
“IGT’s Galaxis continues to drive efficiencies and augment
the player experience in markets around the world and we’re
confident that our customers throughout Colombia and Chile
will find this solution complementary to the many other IGT
products and services in their casinos today.”
Superintendent of the National Lottery Gilson
César Pereira Braga told press that the tender
model for the entire chain of instant lottery
games is a requirement for foreign groups and
confirmed that he had met with gaming company Scientific Games as well as six other companies to discuss the matter.
panama- novomatiC liCenseD to thrill
Novomatic has been officially licensed to sell slots in Panama
via its local representative company Novo Panamá.
Novomatic said it will now be able to ‘strengthen its position
in the Panamanian gaming market and significantly increase
its current market share in the slot segment.’ Well in advance
of the official start up the Novomatic brand had already created a demand for itself among the country’s major operators, meaning that the company started operational business
with a list of orders already pending.
To avoid having to change legislation, Caixa,
which has a monopoly on lotteries in the country, will continue as be the official “owner” of
the company, but the operation of instants
Under the leadership of Managing Director José Teng, who
has acquired extensive experience in the Latin American
gaming industry, Novo Panamá will increase its footprint in
the local market, offering excellent local sales services, technical support and spare parts provision as well as product
analysis and a strong customer relationship management
directly on site.
José Teng is positive that the local operators appreciate the
company’s commitment to first class product, service and
support: “Our entire team is determined and eager to grow
and to become the best gaming supplier in the country. And
we have had an excellent start: It has been only four months
since the opening of our offices and we have already sold a
significant number of slots to leading casinos in Panama.
This goes to prove that the market appreciates the Novo
Panamá offering.”
Since the country’s government privatised casinos in 1997,
Panama has become a hotspot of the Central American casino industry and is even called by some the ‘Las Vegas of
Central America’. The country’s strong economic performance and determined investments in infrastructure development have helped the gaming industry generate significant
growth during recent years. Today the local gaming landscape boasts a strong and broad based gaming entertainment offering, that ranges from casino gaming to bingo halls,
slot parlors, sports betting, horse racetracks and lotteries.
The Panamanian gaming market currently includes some
15,000 slots and 200 live tables with further potential for
growth. Official figures for the year 2014 state total gaming
revenues of US$515.24m and gaming tax revenues
amounting to US$96.1m.
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including pre-production, production, logistics,
telemarketing, sales and after-sales will go to a
single company or a consortium of private companies. Currently, only the distribution of
instant tickets by mail, and printing are outsourced.
The company which is awarded the tender may,
it is believed, be also permitted to expand the
point of sale network currently in place for
instant tickets. Instant tickets are becoming
increasingly popular in Brazil. Sales increased
by 26.5 per cent from US$ 56,935,494.84 in
2013 to US$ 72,107,753.34 in 2014.
The news comes after the Brazilian Senate
approved laws which would allow for two new
sports betting lotteries in July. The first new lottery will be an instant called Lotex and will be
based around the theme of local football clubs.
Argentina
Novomatic has announced a significant appointment to the management structure of the Group’s
Argentine subsidiaries with Fabian Grous, Managing Director of the Group’s system specialist Octavian de
Argentina, taking responsibility for AGI Argentina, as the company’s overall new Managing Director. This
new appointment will further strengthen and enhance the management capability in Latin America.
Fabian Grous is a gaming industry veteran who can look back on 22 years of experience in various
positions within the Latin American industry. He started his career as a casino manager and in 2003
switched from the operational business to become a supplier at the foundation of Octavian de Argentina.
Sun International and Dreams
move to consolidate operations
LATAM
The consolidation process of
operations between the merged
Chilean companies Dreams with
South African Sun International
will start in December. The consolidation process will run for
about a year in the first period in
which the company will invest
up to US$10m for, among other
things, systems development and
the unification of players.
General Manager of Dreams
Jaime Wilhelm said: “According
to the program that we have
drawn up within a year we
should have consolidated operations up and running and will be
seeing the opportunities for
expansion. It will be a one-year
job, to evaluate operations, the
markets, the players we have in
common, to study the competition and regulations. The permits
for casinos in these countries are
shorter and there are several
things to consider first. From that
point on we will look at the
opportunities for expansion,” he
said.
Dreams and Sun International
finalised the merger between
both companies creating Latin
America’s largest gaming operator in September. The merger will
create a group valued at around
US$400m.
Mr Wilhelm said that the company would begin a wide ranging
study into other markets. “Firstly
we have to analyse the different
casino formats that exist in different countries and study how
to export the Monticello type of
casino model that is in Chile. In
other countries casinos are
smaller and are found in shopping centres, and are licensed
according to the legislation of
each country. We will establish
best practices for each of the
markets. After this exercise and
based on the results of each one
of the operations, we will evaluate where to start growth,” he
said.
The Latin American operations of
Sun International, including
Monticello in Chile, Ocean Sun
Casino in Panama City and a
project near completion in
Colombia, will be merged in the
deal which will see Sun
International expanding its presence in the region. Dreams operates six casinos in Chile and has
recently expanded into Peru
where it operates four smaller
gaming establishments in Lima.
There are plans for it to expand
further in the region
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Cai launChes new Batumi Casino
Casinos austria international (Cai) has
launched its new casino in the recently
opened Hilton Hotel Batumi.
Georgia - New Operations
Das BrasilianisChe aBgeorDnetenhaus hat mit
der Einsetzung einer Sonderkommission zur Prüfung von zehn
Vorschlägen zu dem Thema ersten Schritt zur weitreichenden
Untersuchung der Auswirkungen eines möglichen
Gesetzespaketes zu Bingo-, Kasino- und anderen
Glücksspielangeboten unternommen. Die Sonderkommission
zu den rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen für das Glücksspiel in
Brasilien wurde auf Antrag des Abgeordneten Nelson
Marquezelli (PTB-SP) eingerichtet, der sich für diese Gesetze als
Möglichkeit zur Förderung der Schaffung von Arbeitsplätzen und
zur Ankurbelung des Tourismus’ im Land ausspricht.
Das oBerhaupt Der kolumBianisChen
Glücksspielaufsicht (Coljuegos) hat eine größere Razzia im
Bereich Online-Glücksspiel angekündigt und die Vorteile betont,
die die neuen Bestimmungen für inländische Pferdewetten auf
die Branche haben werden. Die Glücksspielaufsicht hat außerdem verlautbaren lassen, dass sie beabsichtigt, ausländische
Glücksspielwebseiten zu sperren, die ihre Dienste im Inland
anbieten.
Der BrasilianisChe tourismusminister
Henrique Alves hat sich öffentlich für die Gesetze zu Spielbanken
und Bingohallen ausgesprochen. Er hat bestätigt, dass er dem
Leiter des Regierungssekretariats, Ricardo Berzoini, bereits
einen Gesetzentwurf zugeleitet hat, der jetzt von der Exekutive
geprüft wird.
Das spanisChe glüCksspielunternehmen Cirsa
könnte jetzt, da das Glücksspiel erneut im Mittelpunkt einer
Debatte im brasilianischen Kongress steht, erneut nach Brasilien
blicken. Der Geschäftsführer des Unternehmens in Brasilien,
Miguel Santesteban Zorrilla, äußerte gegenüber der örtlichen
Presse, dass man bereit sei, wenn das Glücksspiel nicht bis Ende
dieses Jahres legalisiert würde, die Öffnung des Marktes im
kommenden Jahr zu nutzen.
Die BrasilianisChe regierung hat verlautbaren
lassen, dass sie zur Stärkung der Staatseinnahmen gegenwärtig
ein Ausschreibungsverfahren für privatwirtschaftliche
Unternehmen zum Betrieb des gesamten Instant GamingBereichs vorbereitet. Diese internetgestützten „Sofortspiele“
werden derzeit ausschließlich von der Caixa (einer brasilianischen Bank in Staatsbesitz) betrieben.
Die zusammenlegung Der gesChäftstätigkeit
des chilenischen Unternehmens Dreams mit der seines
Fusionspartners, der südafrikanischen Sun International, wird
im Dezember anlaufen. Der Konsolidierungsvorgang wird etwa
ein Jahr in Anspruch nehmen, in der ersten Phase wird das
Unternehmen bis zu 10 Mio. USD unter anderem in die
Geräteentwicklung und die Vereinheitlichung der Spielerbasis
investieren.
town anD County leisure, Das lanDesweit
tätige Glücksspiel- und Unterhaltungsunternehmen mit Sitz in
Birmingham, hat sich die Vertriebsrechte für das marktführende
Ticket2Go-System von JCM FutureLogic gesichert, das kleinen
bis mittelgroßen Spielstätten eine Lösung für gegenwärtig nicht
an ein TITO-System angeschlossene Spielautomaten bietet.
inspireD, Der führenDe anBieter von
virtuellen Sportspielen, Glücksspielangeboten für mobile Geräte
und SBG Video-Lotteriespielen, meldet heute, dass er der SNAI
Zugang zu seiner ersten Auswahl von Mike TysonSpielangeboten auf dem italienischen Glücks- und
Unterhaltungsspielemarkt gewähren wird.
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Casinos Austria International (CAI) has launched
its new casino in the recently opened Hilton Hotel
Batumi, which is becoming known as the Las
Vegas of the East. Batumi, the capital of the
Autonomous Georgian Republic of Adjara, is a key
seaport on the Black Sea, a university town and,
above all, is well on the way to becoming a major
tourist center and gaming hotspot in the region.
Guests from Turkey, the Russian Federation, Iran
and the Middle East appreciate its prime location,
enjoy its pleasant climate and are flocking to the
city in rapidly increasing numbers.
“Batumi is attracting increasing numbers of visitors
from neighbouring countries – many of whom
enjoy a night at the casino,” said Casinos Austria
Director General Karl Stoss. “We are in the fortunate position of having been able to enter this
market early with strong partners.”
Casinos Austria International CEO Alexander
Tucek added: “We were approached about three
years ago by a group of investors. Our analysis
quickly confirmed the strong potential, and so we
accepted the offer and grasped the opportunity.”
For Casinos Austria International, the new casino
in Batumi is not only a project with strong potential, it is also an important signal. Mr. Stoss added:
“We have had to work tirelessly in recent years to
consolidate our business and address legacy
issues. It is a good feeling to be taking the lead
again and to be starting something new.”
Designed by the architect Hans-Peter Schaffner,
Casino International Batumi will create 180 jobs
and welcome around 90,000 guests per year.
Around €2.5m have been invested in the casino,
with the project realized in cooperation with a
group of investors, who themselves also invested
some €60m in the construction of the Hilton
Hotel. This group is currently also working on a
further tourism project in Batumi: a huge entertainment park at the top of the 252-meter-high
Anuria mountain on the outskirts of the city. Due
to open next year, this project also has Austrian
connections – the cable car that will take guests
up to the park will be supplied by the Austrian
firm Doppelmayr.
UK
Oxfordshire-based AstroSystems Ltd, manufacturers and suppliers of the Microcoin brand of coin
acceptors to the EMEA region, are preparing for the forthcoming release of the new UK £1 coin. With the
coin expected to enter circulation in 2017, AstroSystems are currently formulating factory configuration
files which will be provided to customers at the earliest opportunity. Both Microcoin models supplied will
be fully supported with updates: the fast-feed, gaming orientated QL, which is the default choice of many
major OEMs, and the universally renowned, ultra-reliable SP. Leo Bateman, Sales Executive of
AstroSystems, commented: “We fully understand the importance of the arrival of the new £1 to the coin-op
sector. With this in mind, we will endeavour to provide secure, reliable configuration solutions in a timely
manner, whilst maintaining the high levels of coin security that the Microcoin brand has become
synonymous with.”
Town and County win JCM
distribution deal for the UK
UK
Town and County Leisure, the
Birmingham headquartered
national gaming and amusements
company, has secured distribution rights to the JCM FutureLogic
market leading Ticket2Go system, which offers small to medium-sized venues with a solution
for gaming machines currently
not connected to a TITO system. Ticket2Go fully supports
the GBG (Gambling Business
Group) UK TiTO standards and
has been qualified with digital
and analogue machines operating
in the UK market, including SG
Gaming (T7 and T8 cabinets),
Novomatic, Merkur-Blueprint,
Project Coin, Astra (Pluto 6) and
Bell Fruit Games (Scorpion 6).
Announcing the appointment,
which was confirmed in advance
of the Autumn Coin-Op Show in
London, Jim Foster, Sales
Manager, JCM Global, said: "Town
and County is part of the fabric of
UK gaming and has built a reputation for professionalism, indepth market knowledge and
integrity. Paul Langham and his
team have an intimate handson knowledge of
the Ticket2Go system and the
decision to appoint them was a
'no-brainer'. Their knowledge of
Ticket2Go in effect makes them
an extension of JCM as opposed
to an arms length distributor or
broker of product. I look forward
to a long and mutually rewarding
business relationship with Paul
and his team."
Paul Langham, MD of Town and
County, added: "Ticket2Go is
playing a central role in helping
all sections of the industry to
exploit the full potential of TiTO
in terms of an enhanced player
experience, machine security,
maximising machine uptime and
freeing up staff in AGCs and
Bingo Clubs to do what they do
best which is delivering high levels of customer service. I can
safely say that Ticket2Go is the
most reliable piece of kit that we
have dealt with."
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the pinnaCle of luxury at savoy
aPeX gaming has recorded the successful
trial and installation of its Pinnacle gaming
slits at Casino Savoy in Northern Cyprus
Cyprus - Casino Installations
Das kasino in ostenDe Bestätigt wieDerholt
seine langjährige Verbundenheit mit den MEI SC83Geldscheinlesern von Crane Payment Innovations (CPI), einem
Unternehmen der Crane Company. Die Leitung der Spielbank
in dem belgischen Seebad hat die MEI SC83 erstmals 2003 für
alle neu angeschafften Automaten als zwingend vorgegeben.
greentuBe, Der interaktive Unternehmensbereich
von Novomatic, melden den Abschluss eines Vertrages zur
Lieferung von Inhalten mit der Circus Gruppe.
Die BahnBreChenDen playteCh-inhalte für
alle Kanäle kommen jetzt im gesamten Sortiment von Mecca
Bingo einschließlich der neuen mobilen Mecca Max-Geräte zum
Einsatz, wodurch der Markenführer seinen Spielern das ultimative Spielerlebnis bieten kann.
im zuge einer umstellung seiner strategie zur
Unternehmensentwicklung hat Praesepe, ein Betreiber von
Spielautomaten mit niedrigen Einsätzen, den Verkauf seiner
Spielhalle für Erwachsene, des am Leicester Square im
Zentrum Londons gelegene Crystal Rooms Adult Gaming
Centres (AGC), an das benachbarte preisgekrönte Hippodrome
Casino bestätigt.
Der milliarDensChwere investor Carl iCahn
hat das Immobilienunternehmen CBRE Group aus Los Angeles
beauftragt, die ehemals 3 Mrd. USD teure, mittlerweile von vielen als Schandfleck bezeichnete Hotel- und Spielbankanlage
Fontainebleau im nördlichen Teil des Las Vegas Strip abzustoßen.
Juegos miami, Das neue Veranstaltungskonzept für die
gesamte lateinamerikanische und karibische
Glücksspielbranche (vom 31. Mai bis 3. Juni 2016 im The
Biltmore, Coral Gables, Miami), gewinnt weit verbreitete
Unterstützung durch eine wachsende Zahl angesehener
Marktteilnehmer.
Das us-amerikanisChe innenministerium (Doi)
und die Nationale Indianische Glücksspielkommission (NIGC)
haben dem Stamm der Alabama-Coushatta aus Texas grünes
Licht für die Eröffnung eines Glücksspieletablissements der
Klasse II gemäß dem Gesetz zur Regulierung des von
Indianerstämmen betriebenen Glücksspiels (Indian Gaming
Regulatory Act) in seinem Stammesgebiet gegeben.
Das nörDliCh Des staDtkerns von las vegas
gelegene Jerry’s Nugget Casino hat sich für Synkros von
Konami Gaming als Kasinoverwaltungssystem entschieden.
Die australisChe star entertainment group
bezahlt der Regierung von Queensland 272 Mio. USD für das
Recht zur Erschließung der Spielbank- und Ferienanlage
Queen’s Wharf, die auf zehn Jahre berechnet mehr als 1
Milliarde USD Steuereinnahmen abwerfen soll.
gaming laBoratories international wurDe
von der Glücksspielaufsicht der Isle of Man kürzlich die
Akkreditierung als zugelassener Prüfbetrieb für OnlineGlücksspiele zuerkannt.
Die taiwanesisChen penghu-inseln erwägen
erneut die Errichtung eines Kasinos, worüber die Bevölkerung
vermutlich nach der am 16. Januar stattfindenden Wahl des
taiwanesischen Präsidenten abstimmen soll.
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The Savoy Ottoman Palace is a five-star entertainment complex set amongst fabulous grounds on the
island of Cyprus. The hotel offers over 100 luxury
rooms with 15 Pasha suites and two Sultan suites.
The Savoy Casino management recently welcomed
the opportunity to trial the APEX gaming’s Pinnacle
with EVO2 platform, installing the latest Pinnacle
upright gaming machines. Once completed the trials
proved a great success, with the Pinnacle slots performing at a high level for over six months. This success led to Savoy Casino management welcoming
APEX gaming as a new supplier to their floor.
Alp Karakoyun is the Slot Development Manager at
the Savoy Casino. He commented: “The new Apex
gaming machines, especially after the EVO2
upgrade, have found their next step to improve player satisfaction and casino revenue. The new Apex
bank’s balanced mathematics, highly developed
graphics and interactive bonuses have already
proved they are the new champion for our players.
The high performance of APEX here will surely lead
to the numbers of Apex EVO machines to increase at
the Northern Cyprus gambling destination.”
Kubilay Özer, Global Sales Director at APEX gaming,
expressed his thanks to the team at the Savoy
Casino, stating, “The combination of our Pinnacle
cabinets with the EVO2 platform has made a great
impact here. We carried out the installation in this
casino over six months ago. The Savoy Casino is
very much a leading casino in Northern Cyprus and
their choice of slots bears significance. I would like
to thank Alp Karakoyun and his team for their willingness to get to know APEX gaming. This willingness has clearly paid off and this is the beginning of a
strong business relationship with the Savoy Casino
and further growth in this country in a whole”.
UK
Kiron Interactive joins the ranks as a Quickfire, powered by Microgaming, development partner. Kiron is
the latest supplier to join the Quickfire platform. Starting out as a virtual horse-race betting specialist in
2001, the company now supplies a variety of bespoke virtual sports betting and gaming products across
online, mobile, and land-based platforms. Through an agreement with Quickfire, Kiron’s recently launched
remote game server (RGS) – BetMan Online, will be available to operators residing on the Quickfire
platform. Football, horse racing, boxing and motor racing are among the sports to go live, with others to
follow in due course. The first games are scheduled to go live early 2016. Steven Spartinos, Co-CEO Kiron
Interactive, comments: “The deal will see an exciting line-up of virtual racing and sports games made
available to their broad client base on a plug-and-play basis. We’re confident that the appeal of our games
to both sports bettors and casino players will provide significant additional value to operators .”
Inspired adds punch to SNAI
line-up with Tyson products
ITALY
Inspired, the leading provider of
Virtual Sports, Mobile Games and
SBG Video Lottery, today
announces it will be supplying
SNAI with access to its first collection of Mike Tyson gaming
products for the Italian gaming
market.
Inspired unveiled its long-term
brand partnership with boxing
legend Mike Tyson at G2E Vegas,
which will include a suite of
gaming products featuring ‘Iron
Mike’ for sportsbetting, casino,
slots, and social gaming. Inspired
will be providing SNAI with firstmover access to its initial Tyson
package for the Italian market,
which includes its new Virtual
Rush Boxing game for retail and
online, featuring the boxing legend, as well omnichannel slots
and table gaming content. The
launches will be supported by
exclusive Tyson marketing materials.
SNAI is the leading Italian betting
operator. Inspired already provides SNAI with a range of its
industry leading Virtual Sports
content. Inspired recently
announced an extension to its
Virtual Sports contract with
SNAI, which has strengthened its
position in the Italian market
with SNAI’s impending rollout of
additional betting shops, concurrent channel expansion and
mobile deployment.
Vitaliano Casalone, Presidente of
Inspired Italia, comments:
“Inspired is already renowned as
having the best Virtual Sports
content in the market, which
keeps players coming back for
more. Our new range of Tyson
gaming products was met with a
fanfare reception at G2E and we
have been inundated with interest from operators across the
globe. We are confident that
these knockout products will go
down a storm with Italian players.”
Inspired supplies over 90% of the
land-based, online and mobile
virtual sports market in Italy.
From a standing start, Inspired’s
software has supported the
development of a €1billion p.a.
market in Italy in just one year.
Its Virtual Sports are now available to Italian players in over
7,000 betting venues, and on all
of the main web and mobile sites.
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uk - reflex gaming’s ian Chuter appointment
Quentin Stott, Managing Director of
Reflex Gaming, the UK-based independent low-stake gaming creator,
has confirmed the appointment of
senior gaming executive, Ian Chuter,
as Non-Executive Director.
Mr. Chuter, who has 30-years experience gained across the spectrum of gaming, started his
senior career as Sales & Marketing Director at The Rank
Group, going on to join adult gaming centre operator, Talarius
in 1997. He subsequently moved to William Hill in 2001,
becoming International Group Director of Operations in
2009. His most recent post was at Betfair.
uk - new iom e-Business DireCtor appointeD
Jonathan Mills has been appointed
the Isle of Man’s new Director of eBusiness with immediate effect. He
has over 30 years of experience
within e-Business and is already
familiar with the Isle of Man. He has
held several chief executive positions in e-Business and has international experience of both starting a successful business as
well as helping existing businesses to grow. As a result he
has the necessary skills, experience and contacts to promote
the Island’s growing e-Business industry.
uk - gewete expanDs its uk sales team
The change machine specialist of the
Gauselmann Group GeWeTe is
pleased to announce the appointment of Owen Thomas the UK sales
team. Working under Mark Edmundson Owen Thomas will be
tasked with continuing the excellent
work and fantastic few years that
GeWeTe UK has achieved. “We cordially welcome Owen to
our team. We have thus now taken a further step in providing complete support in the UK, one of the most significant
markets in Europe for us”, enthuses Aristidis Tsikouras,
Managing Director of GeWeTe.
polanD - granD paraDe appoints heavyweights
Gaming technology specialist Grand Parade is delighted that
long-standing gambling industry executives John O’Reilly
and Martyn Miller are set to join a significantly boosted management team.
O’Reilly joins as non-executive chairman, bringing with him
over 25 years of experience within the gambling industry,
first at Ladbrokes where he led the eGaming division from
inception in 1998 to 2010, and latterly as MD of Coral
Interactive where he was pivotal in reviving the fortunes of
the now vibrant Coral online betting and gaming business.
O’Reilly said what excited him about the opportunity to join
Grand Parade was that it is at the forefront of the technology-driven changes that are set to transform the industry.
Martyn Miller spent seven years at Gala Coral, latterly as
director of website development for the group. He left Coral
in 2012 to set up his own consultancy where he has worked
on numerous sports betting projects including a sevenmonth contract with Ladbrokes heading up their
eCommerce platform.
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Belgium’s Casino ostend has reaffirmed
its commitment to the Mei SC83 note
acceptor from CPi into the future
Belgium - Installations
Casino Ostend continues to reaffirm its longstanding commitment to using MEI SC83 note
acceptors from Crane Payment Innovations (CPI),
a Crane Co. Company. Management at the Belgian
seaside resort first began specifying the MEI SC83
on all new slot purchases in 2003.
“In our business, note acceptors represent a critical
entry port for revenue,” said Mr. Stefan Claus,
slots manager at Casino Ostend. “How well they
perform is critical to the satisfaction of our guests
and, accordingly, our bottom line. That’s why we
chose the MEI SC83 note acceptor. Its security,
reliability and first-time acceptance rate are second to none.”
SC note acceptors were first introduced to the
market in 2002, only one year before Casino
Ostend made the decision to begin specifying the
SC83 on all new slot purchases. Since then, more
than 1.5 million units have been installed worldwide, a testament to the importance operators
place on the performance characteristics that
directly impact their profitability – acceptance
rates, jam rates, security and the cost of ownership.
“We first began specifying the SC83 based upon
comparative tests and market feedback,” said
Claus, “but now we have years of player satisfaction – and their resulting loyalty – backing our
decision. It is clear we made the right choice back
in 2003, and I am pleased to say we will continue
making the right choice with SC83 into the future.”
Anette Jauch, CPI sales director for Gaming –
EMEA, said, “A great product becomes exceptional
when it offers the longevity and incremental
improvements to maintain its benefits over time.
The enduring success of the SC83 note acceptor is
evident in Casino Ostend’s testimony, and their
feedback today is just as, if not more, powerful as
it was 12 years ago. On behalf of the CPI team, I
sincerely thank Casino Ostend for sharing their
experience with us.”
UK
OpenBet has announced plans to increase headcount by 10 per cent. The recruitment drive is supported by
a new marketing campaign and corporate video. Filmed at OpenBet’s Chiswick HQ, the video features
members of the company’s staff from a range of departments. It intends to highlight OpenBet’s positive
work environment and culture, as well as the generous benefits package offered to employees. OpenBet
CEO Jeremy Thompson-Hill said: "We have recently made a number of appointments across all levels of
the company, but our search for the best talent in the industry and beyond remains constant. “OpenBet is a
fantastic company to work for and we felt that commissioning a high-quality corporate video was the
perfect medium to reflect that to potential new recruits. We are extremely pleased with the results.”
Greentube signs content deal
with Belgium’s Circus Group
BELGIUM
Greentube, the interactive business unit of Novomatic, has
announced that they have
reached a content agreement
with Circus Group.
Emmanuel Mewissen, CEO of
Circus Group: “We’re very
pleased to be among the first
online platforms in Belgium to
offer the popular Novomatic content. Our goal is to provide our
players with a high-quality and
varied assortment of casino
games and these slots are defi-
nitely a valuable addition.”
Circus Group is the first client of
the platform provider GAMING1
to add Novomatic games to its
online casino offering.
Novomatic´s blue chip slot games
such as Book of Ra deluxe, Lucky
Lady´s Charm deluxe, Sizzling
Hot deluxe and many more are
among the new games selection
now featuring on Circus.be.
Maintaining its market leading
position in the online space,
Greentube further expands in the
iGaming industry sector by welcoming this new partnership with
Circus Group. Gernot
Baumgartner, Head of Marketing
& Sales, commented: “We are
delighted to now make our exciting content available for Circus
Group customers. This promising
collaboration with one of the
main operators in Belgium allows
us to provide the ultimate gaming
experience to a broad new range
of customers.”
Sylvain Boniver, CEO of GAMING1, added: “The Novomatic
games are known for their brilliant math models and authentic
sound effects. Especially Book of
Ra, one of the most played games
in European land-based casinos,
is a real asset.”
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greeCe – intralot strengthens its position
Greek company INTRALOT, which operates the popular
numerical game of Tinka and is the leading lottery and sports
betting company in Peru, has announced plans to further
consolidate its operations in Peru and strengthen its position
as market leader. In order to achieve its goals the company
will invest over US$4m to expand its outlets from 3,600 at
to 5,000 by the end of next year.
Vangelis Apostolakopoulos, Intralot CEO, explained that customers will be able to monitor bets on site via televisions and
gaming machines. “We are now investing more in facilities
and we are going to spend from US$2,000 to US$4,000 on
each site,” he said.
The refurbishing and modernisation of its betting shops will
go hand in hand with the other activities it offers such as live
sports betting. The company launched its in live sports betting in June which allows customers to bet on football
matches. The company is also in talks with a number of local
celebrities as well as a new football team over the promotion
of its products. It is also in the process of increasing the
number of sales points for its popular instant product
Rapitinka. Combined this will strengthen further the 95 per
cent market share it already has over the lottery and sports
betting market in the region.
For Intralot, however, the market still has great potential for
further growth. According to Mr. Apostolakopoulos penetration of gambling is still low compared to other countries in
the region as it currently stand at US$5 per capita, compared
to US $13 in Ecuador and US $31 in Chile.
Year on year growth is estimated to stand at 16 percent to 18
per cent this year. This will be lower rate of growth compared
to 2014 which increased by 30 per cent due to FIFA World
Cup in Brazil which saw a surge in interest in sports betting
locally.
uk – sg gaming ink Deal with eDen Bookmakers
SG Gaming has signed a four-year agreement with Eden
Bookmakers (Eden), a long-standing independent bookmaker with eight shops across the Home Counties. Under the
new agreement, SG Gaming becomes Eden’s sole machine
provider, replacing Eden’s previous machine supplier. The
rollout will start in November and see the installation of HD
Infinity terminals across all Eden shops.
The new partnership gives Eden access to a new content
suite, including popular titles such as Rainbow Riches and
Key Bet Roulette. Eden will also have access to licensed content and titles from the Barcrest, WMS and Bally gaming
brands. Eden will also benefit from SG Gaming’s unrivalled
bespoke support programme, developed exclusively for
independent customers. The package includes customised
training for all Eden staff to help them fully utilise the new
platform functionality and to master the new operational
procedures.
The new package includes a range of tools made available via
the Videobet server-based gaming platform, including
sophisticated and adaptable promotional functionality. SG
Gaming will support Eden with a fully developed promotional
support plan for launch, as well as continued support by utilising the yield management tools.
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playteCh power meCCa Content
Playtech oNe software and games
enabled across all channels and devices
including new Mecca Max handhelds
UK - Bingo
Playtech’s pioneering omni-channel content has
been launched across Mecca Bingo’s entire product range including its new Mecca Max handheld
devices enabling the leading brand to offer players
the ultimate gaming experience.
The ground-breaking, ‘anywhere-anytime’,
seamless connection of Playtech ONE omnichannel games and systems across every channel
and device – including Mecca’s retail, online,
mobile and 12,000 in-hall bingo handheld terminals – is the first time a supplier has successfully
launched a combined bingo software and content
strategy.
As part of the initial omni-channel content launch,
Playtech’s best performing slot games,
Adventures in Wonderland and Heart of the Jungle,
have gone live across all channels and devices,
including handhelds, and will be central to an
extensive in-store and online promotional campaign Mecca is planning to launch in the coming
weeks. The move follows the launch earlier this
year of Playtech’s industry-leading retail serverbased software across Mecca Bingo’s entire suite
of 2,300 UK terminals and a number of other successful omni-channel system integrations including the pioneering Coral Connect which has seen
more than 260,000 customer sign-ups.
The nationwide retail deal, signed in the summer
in partnership with SG Gaming, boosted
Playtech’s already sizeable share of the UK LBO
market and is its largest ever within the UK retail
bingo sector. It also complements its existing longterm online bingo partnership with Mecca, a key,
tier-one Playtech licensee.
Playtech Retail powers 40,000 terminals globally
offering a full enterprise management system for
land-based venues and providing licensees with
complete operational control. Using powerful
back office management tools, the system provides operators with all the tools they require to
successfully run and manage their businesses giving them full site control and control of their estate
and player base.
Czech Republic
A raise in taxes on gambling winnings is due in 2016 for the Czech Republic. Lawmakers have already
approved the initial bill, but still have two more readings to get through before it becomes finalised. If
approved, the country is looking to generate an additional $81.2m each year from gaming. Sports betting
and lottery winnings will go from 20 per cent to 23 per cent. All slot winnings will be taxed at a 28 per cent
rate. Last month government officials announced that they would scale back on the planned tax increases
for the gaming and betting industry and commented that they were planning on increasing rates for slot
machine play. An additional daily tax on each slot machine would rise to 80 crowns from 55. The original
increase was supposed to be 25 per cent, but it was edged up to 28 per cent.
Inspired Virtuals, mobile and
SBG agreement with BTC
UK
Inspired will be supplying its
full Virtual Sports product suite
to the members of the
Bookmakers Technology
Consortium (BTC). The BTC represents 50 independent bookmakers in the UK, Ireland, Isle
of Man and the Channel Islands,
including Jennings, Chisholms
and Corbett Bookmakers.
As part of this agreement,
Inspired will give each bookmaker access to its full range of
Virtual Sports and Number
games, which will be delivered
in to retail locations via
Inspired’s new Multi-Viewer
system, providing multiple concurrent schedules of events.
world leading Virtual Sports
portfolio to be extended to over
300 locations. By completing
this new agreement with the
BTC we are confident that each
member will enjoy an uplift in
revenue, whilst enabling them
to stay competitive and
enhance their retail gaming
proposition.”
Steve Rogers, SVP Digital
Games, Inspired, said: “We have
over a decade of experience as
sole provider to the UK and Irish
betting shop market - the independent sector has been an
extremely important part of this
success story. We are delighted
with this partnership with the
BTC, which will enable our
Howard Chisholm, MD of
Chisholm Bookmakers and
Director of the BTC, adds: “This
deal is great news for BTC
members – by launching Virtual
Sports we will enhance our
offering to customers, giving
them a new exciting sports betting product that will keep them
entertained for longer.”
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hippoDrome Buys Crystal rooms
Praesepe has confirmed the sale of the
Crystal rooms adult Gaming Centre to
the neighbouring Hippodrome Casino
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the netherlanDs – Cash support replaCe hess
The casino Redemption Terminal sector has a new name on
the market with Cash Support BV being set up in The
Netherlands to fill the void created by Hess Cash Systems’
decision to focus on its core banking sector.
After cordial negotiations with Hess, Martin Grandia from
REAC in the Netherlands has bought the rights to all protocols and technical information to enable a new entrant to
appear in the casino voucher/card Redemption Terminal
(VRT) market. Cash Support is developing a new VRT called
CTM-ONE to offer around Europe and the world, this time
free from any constraints and with no need to fit in with a
wider portfolio - Erik de Kat will heading the marketing and
sales department.
Along with Mr. Grandia, Cash Support will boast a familiar
name to the casino sector in Erik de Kat, who was the sales
director of Hess Cash Systems’ gaming division for more
than 10 years. Hess’ main business has always been cash
handling, and their voucher/card Redemption Terminals
(Scorpion) can be found all over Europe and the world, helping customers change TITO tickets and Smartcard credits
into cash without the need for a visit to a manned cash desk.
VRTs have never been the core part of Hess’ business however, with the banking sector being where they have always
maintained their focus. With this in mind, Hess has taken the
decision to move away from the casino sector and its unique
demands to focus on the areas they are best placed to operate. Mr. de Kat said: “While Hess is a fantastic operator, there
is always the issue of focus. With the casino market being a
tiny part of what Hess offers worldwide, I felt that there was a
better way to service the casino market and I’m delighted to
be able to develop this product specifically targeted at casinos, using our 20 years of specific experience to make sure it
ticks all the boxes a casino operator might need.”
Servicing has traditionally been somewhat difficult for the
casino VRT machines, again, from a global perspective, the
small size of the sector makes it difficult to offer a dedicated
servicing solution. However, once again Cash Support will be
in a great position to make sure sales are followed up with
well tuned servicing arrangements, and Mr. de Kat is in position, with Hess’ blessing, to take over servicing of all existing
Hess casino equipment as well as new sales of his CTM-ONE
product.
portugal - gang targeting Casinos Caught
Portugal’s National Counterterrorism Unit has arrested six
gang members who carried out at least a dozen armed kidnappings on casino customers leaving Estoril and Lisboa
casinos. Aged between 23 and 29 years, most with a history
of petty crimes and all from Lisbon, the group is suspected of
kidnapping, aggravated robbery, injury and criminal association. They followed their victims attacking them either on
their way home or once they had reached their abodes. At
least one of the victims was known to have won a significant
jackpot in Grand Lisboa before being targeted. The gang is
thought to have carried out its first crime in May on a Chinese
man, followed after playing in the Estoril Casino to home.
The Counterterrorism Unit carried out ‘Operation Casino
Royal’ which required more than two dozen search warrants
and six arrest warrants. They believe that more victims may
now come forward.
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Following an adjustment of its business development strategy, low-stake gaming operator,
Praesepe has confirmed the sale of the Crystal
Rooms Adult Gaming Centre (AGC) situated in
Leicester Square, central London, to the neighbouring and award winning Hippodrome Casino.
The sale has completed for an undisclosed sum.
Explaining the shift in business focus for the company, Praesepe CEO Nick Harding said: "The
Crystal Rooms is one of 71 AGCs that we operate
under the Cashino brand throughout Greater
London. We have enjoyed six years successful
trading at what is an iconic gaming venue in the
heart of central London's hospitality and leisure
district. However, following a strategic review of
the entire Praesepe business, which also includes
Bingo Clubs and a growing number of coastal
businesses, we believe the energy and overall
resource required to remain at the top of the game
in central London can be deployed more effectively throughout what is a growing business employing some 1,600 staff nationally."
He added: "I am delighted that we have concluded
a deal with Simon Thomas. Under his leadership
and as a result of his vision and passion for gaming
based leisure and entertainment, he has not only
made The Hippodrome into the biggest and
busiest casino in the UK, but he has also cemented
its status as a cornerstone of the West End and
London's most popular live entertainment
venue."
Simon Thomas, Hippodrome Casino, CEO, said:
"This is a significant new opportunity for the
Hippodrome business. It not only allows us to
extend the current gaming offer but delivers a significant platform at street level to showcase the
magnificent range of entertainment facilities
within the building. We have ambitious new plans
for the space in the months ahead, so watch this
space."
Spain
Casino de Castilla y Leon has finally been given the green light from Valladolid City Council to transfer its
licence and open a new casino in the building of the former Roxy cinema in Calle Maria de Molina in the
centre of Valladolid. The Mayor of Valladolid, Oscar Puente, has given his own seal of approval for the facility,
which will be called Casino Roxy. The casino’s owners believe the venue, which will be housed over three
floors, will attract around 500 people a day. It will employ a workforce of about 100 people to serve
customers, including 57 specialist dealers, pit bosses and supervisors. The transformation of the property will
protect the facade of the building, which dates back to 1936. As well as 40 slots, tables and a dedicated poker
room, Casino Roxy will boast a large cafeteria, a cocktail bar and a restaurant with capacity for 35 people.
EGT widens market presence
in Georgia’s expanding market
GEORGIA
Euro Games Technology in
Georgia is reporting excellent
results, having made several
installations of its products.
Over 130 machines, the Egypt
Quest progressive jackpot system, the Vega Vision+ upright
and slant top cabinets and the
Premier R8 automated roulette
are entertaining the local gaming community.
EGT products can be found on
the casino floors of Casino
Peace at the Sheraton Hotel,
Casino Campione, Casino Las
Vegas, Casino Austria
International at the Hilton
Hotel, Casino Grand Intourist at
the Hotel Intourist, most of
them located in Batumi. Some
of the operators are new part-
ners for EGT, others, such as
Casino Las Vegas and Peace,
have had long-term fruitful
relationships with EGT.
“Since EGT machines came into
our casino, the visitors have
played them every day,” said
Shota Amiranishvili, General
Manager of Casino Peace. “They
share that the Premier slots
give them the opportunity to
stay in the game longer. And
this is one of the advantages,
related to the advanced mathematical models of EGT’s products. Players also enjoy the
amazing graphics and highquality sound of the machines.
Their most preferred games
from the Premier multi-game
mixes are the fruit themed
titles, especially the Burning
Hot, which is the highest rated
one.”
In 2014, EGT in Georgia had a
market share of 25 per cent
with an equal preference of the
customers towards the sales
and rental services, while this
year it has so far reached 33 per
cent. Radostina Valcheva,
director of EGT Georgia, commented: “Keeping the pace of
our sales growth will lead us
very soon to the position of a
major supplier of casino equipment in the country. Till the end
of 2015 we expect a few more
important installations to take
place, one of them in the Leo
Grand casino in Batumi. As significant is our technical support
services that covers the needs
of all local operators. For this
purpose we opened a 24-hour
line for emergency calls and are
able to react within the day, or
even immediately, depending
on the case.”
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fontaineBleau in us$650m sale
the $3bn Fontainebleau las Vegas has
been put on the market by its billionaire
owner, Carl icahn, for US$650m
Nevada - Operations
la ChamBre Des Députés Brésilienne vient
juste de mettre en place une étude de large portée sur les
implications d'une éventuelle légalisation des jeux de bingo,
de casinos et d'autres jeux d'argent avec la création d'une
Commission spéciale pour examiner les dix propositions
faites à ce sujet. Ce comité spécial sur la structure réglementaire des jeux d'argent au Brésil a été créé à la demande
du Député Nelon Marquezelli (PTB-SP) qui prône leur légalisation afin de stimuler la création d'emplois et le tourisme
dans le pays.
le DireCteur Du Comité De Contrôle Des Jeux
colombien (Coljuegos) vient d'annoncer la mise en place de
mesures répressives concernant les jeux d'argent et a mis
en avant les avantages que les nouvelles lois sur les courses
de chevaux locales vont avoir sur le secteur. Le Comité de
contrôle des jeux vient d'annoncer son projet de bloquer les
sites de jeux hors territoire qui proposent leurs services à la
population locale.
le ministre Du tourisme Brésilien, henrique
Alves, s'est montré publiquement favorable à la légalisation
des casinos et des salles de bingo. Il a confirmé qu'il a déjà
soumis un projet de loi au chef du secrétariat du gouvernement, Ricardo Berzoini, qui sera étudiée par la branche exécutive.
la soCiété De Jeux espagnole Cirsa va se
pencher sur le marché brésilien tandis que les jeux d'argent
sont de nouveau le point de mire des débats du congrès
brésilien. Le Directeur général de la société au Brésil, Miguel
Santesteban Zorrilla, a déclaré à la presse locale que si les
jeux d'argent n'étaient pas légalisés d'ici la fin de l'année, le
groupe se tient prêt pour l'ouverture du marché l'année
prochaine.
afin De renforCer les revenus Du gouvernement brésilien, celui-ci vient d'annoncer qu'il prépare
actuellement une procédure d'appels d'offres destinée au
secteur privé afin de gérer l'intégralité du fonctionnement de
sa division des jeux à gratter. Les jeux à gratter sont
actuellement uniquement gérés par Caixa (la banque de l'état brésilien).
le proCessus De ConsoliDation Des opérations
entre les entreprises chiliennes du groupe Dreams et la
société sud-africaine Sun International débutera en décembre. Ce processus de consolidation durera dans un premier
temps un an, période pendant laquelle l'entreprise investira
jusqu'à 10 millions de dollars US pour développer entre
autres les systèmes et permettre une unification des
joueurs.
town anD County leisure, la soCiété De Jeux
et de divertissements nationale basée à Birmingham, vient
de sécuriser ses droits de distribution à JCM FutureLogic qui
gère le système Ticket2Go et propose aux salles de petite et
de moyenne tailles une solution pour les machines à sous
qui ne sont actuellement pas connectées à un système TITO.
Casino ostenD Confirme son engagement sur
le long-terme pour l'utilisation des accepteurs de billets MEI
SC83 de Crane Payment Innovations (CPI), une filiale du
groupe Crane co. Company. La direction du complexe balnéaire belge avait précisé utiliser le MEI SC83 sur toutes les
machines à sous nouvellement achetées dès 2003.
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The towering blue façade of Fontainebleau Las
Vegas, a constant reminder of the harsh economic
climate that gripped Las Vegas by the throat, is on
the market for US$650m.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has instructed Los
Angeles real estate company CBRE Group to offload
the once $3bn hotel and casino resort, which has
been described as an eyesore by many, on the
northern part of the Las Vegas Strip.
The ambitious 68-storey project had the life strangled out of it when Bank of America and JP Morgan
Chase annulled $770m in loans in April 2009. The
casino’s original investor Miami-based real estate
developer Jeffrey Soffer had spent $2bn on the project before being forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2009.
Mr. Icahn bought the property for $150m in 2010,
spending up to $7m a year on maintenance costs.
The purchase price will just be the tip of the iceberg
for any would be investor though.
CBRE Executive Vice President John Knott relayed
that whoever take on the unfinished project, which
spans a 22-acre parcel of land, will have to spend at
least $1bn to open the two-thirds completed project.
Its original plans were for 2,882 hotel rooms, over
900 condos, large retail space.
Mr Knott described the Las Vegas recession as more
of a ‘depression’ but pointed to the fact that casino
companies were one again ‘investing in and renovating properties.’ He believes that with quarterly
revenue results stacking up again there was a
‘vibrancy’ highlighting that the recession was over.
With tourism and room rates back at record levels,
Michael Parks, Vice President with CBRE Las Vegas,
believes that having held onto the project for six
years now is the time for Mr Icahn to sell.
“The time is ideal to realise the potential of this
incredibly valuable piece of Las Vegas real estate,”
Mr. Parks said.
US
Rock Gaming will begin to transfer operational responsibilities of Horseshoe Casino – Cleveland,
Horseshoe Casino - Cincinnati and ThistleDown Racino from Caesars Entertainment in the coming
months. It is expected to be completed by mid-2016. At that point, Rock Gaming will independently own
and operate the gaming facilities. Turfway Park, located in Florence, Kentucky, completed a similar
transition earlier this year. Rock Gaming bought Horseshoe Casino Cleveland, ThistleDown Racino,
Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati, the Ritz-Carlton, Cleveland, Higbee Building, and a controlling interest in
Turfway Park from Caesars in February.
High profile gaming support
gathers for Juegos Miami
FLORIDA
Juegos Miami, the new event concept for the Pan-Latin American
and Caribbean gaming industry
(May 31– June 3 2016, The
Biltmore, Coral Gables, Miami), is
winning widespread support
from a growing number of
notable players in the market.
Just two weeks after announcing
the launch of the event, which
has been designed to embrace
and meet the specific needs of the
region, joint organisers, Clarion
Events and Urban Expositions,
have confirmed the support of a
stellar list of gaming leaders
including Novomatic, Merkur
Gaming, Aristocrat, BMM, GLI and
Ainsworth.
Reflecting on the calibre of the
organisations that have signedup to the inaugural edition of
Juegos Miami, Courtney Muller,
Executive Vice-President at
Urban Expositions, said: “Our
vision for an event created to
meet the specific needs of the
region and including product, a
multi-stream conference programme, social and networking
events, land-based and online
training, has struck a chord with
the industry.
“From the outset, our objectives
have been to bring the right people together, at the right time of
the year and in the right environment. By working with and listening to the needs of the market,
we have been able to secure the
right timing and the right environment. I am delighted to say
that the positive response from
the supporting companies we
have announced today, confirms
that we are well on course to
attracting the right participants to
an event that is set to break the
mould for business-focussed
gaming in this extremely important region,” concluded Ms.
Muller.
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texas triBes’ Bingo is green lit
the alabama-Coushatta tribe of texas
has been approved to open a Class ii
gaming facility on tribal lands
Texas - Operations
greentuBe, l'unité interaCtive De novomatiC,
vient d'annoncer qu'elle a conclu un accord d'utilisation de contenu avec Circus Group.
le Contenu multi-Channel pionnier De
Playtech vient d'être lancé à travers l'ensemble des produits de
la marque Mecca Bingo, y compris sur ses nouveaux appareils
portatifs Mecca Max, pour permettre à la marque leader d'offrir
une expérience de jeux ultime.
suite à un aJustement De sa stratégie De
développement commercial, Praesepe, l'opérateur de jeux à
faible mise, vient de confirmer la vente du Crystal Rooms Adult
Gaming Centre (AGC) situé à Leicester Square, dans le centre
de Londres, près du casino primé, l’Hippodrome Casino.
l'investisseur milliarDaire Carl iCahn vient
de demander à l'agence immobilière de Los Angeles CBRE de
revendre le Fontainebleu, un complexe hôtel et casino d'une
valeur d'origine de 3 milliards de dollars US situé sur la partie
nord du Las Vegas Strip et considéré par beaucoup comme
une aberration.
Juegos miami, le nouveau ConCept
évènementiel du secteur des jeux en Amérique Latine et dans
les Caraïbes (du 31 mai au 3 juin 2016 au Biltmore, Coral
Gables, Miami) rassemble de plus en plus de joueurs de renom
du marché.
le Département De l'intérieur amériCain (Doi)
et la commission nationale indienne sur les jeux (NGIC) viennent de donner leur feu vert à la tribu Alabama-Coushatta du
Texas pour ouvrir une salle de jeux de classe II sur les territoires
tribaux conformément à la loi réglementant les jeux sur les territoires indiens.
le système De gestion De Casino synkros De
Konami Gaming a été choisi par le Jerry's Nugget Casino, situé
au nord du centre de Las Vegas.
la soCiété australienne star entertainment
Group versera la somme de 272 millions de dollars US au gouvernement du Queensland en échange du droit de développer
le complexe 'Queen's Wharf casino and resort', qui devrait
générer plus d'un milliard de dollars de taxes sur 10 ans au
profit de l'état.
gaming laBoratories international s'est
récemment vu obtenir une accréditation en tant que structure
de test des jeux en ligne approuvée par la Commission de
supervision des jeux de l'Île de Man.
l'île taïwanaise De penghu ConsiDère à
nouveau la possibilité d'installer un casino. Les résidents de l'île
prendront certainement une décision par vote sur le sujet après
les élections présidentielles de Taïwan qui auront lieu en janvier
2016.
tout va Bien pour le groupe De paris
australien Tabcorp, qui a enregistré un résultat net après
impôts de 334,5 millions de dollars australiens pour l'année
fiscale 2015, soit une croissance de 157 % comparé à l'année
précédente.
inspireD, leaDer Dans la DistriBution Des
sports virtuels, des jeux mobiles et de loterie vidéo SBG, a
annoncé aujourd'hui qu'il sera le fournisseur de SNAI avec
accès à la première collection de jeux Mike Tyson sur le marché
italien.
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The US Department of Interior (DOI) and the
National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) have
given the green light for the Alabama-Coushatta
Tribe of Texas to open a Class II gaming facility on
tribal lands in accordance with the Indian Gaming
Regulatory Act.
Class II includes bingo and electronic versions of
bingo whilst Class III refers to casino style gaming.
The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe’s gaming
Entertainment Center was closed in 2002, with the
tribe battling to open it ever since.
Nita Battise, Tribal Chairperson of the AlabamaCoushatta Tribe, said: “Past Tribal Councils have
worked hard to get where we are today with this
approval. The Tribe’s perseverance has paid off. It is
a testament to the dedication and support of our
Tribal Members that helped accomplish such a
major milestone in our tribal history. A Class II facility will allow the Tribe to better address the needs
and functions of the Tribal government, and take
care of our people. Not only will it benefit the Tribe,
it will benefit the entire region in southeast Texas
because an entertainment business attracts visitors
to the region and we will be able to provide employment in the area.”
The facility is expected to open early next year on a
site covering 10,000-acres on an Indian reservation
in east Texas, south of Livingston.
Carlos Bullock, a spokesman for the tribe, said:
“When we were open before, we generated about $1
m a month. When we closed, it was devastating to
the tribe. It was a huge impact to lose that kind of
revenue, and all those jobs.”
There are three Indian tribes left in Texas; the
Alabama-Coushattas, the Tiguas and the Kickapoos
in Eagle Pass. The Tigua Indians are planning to open
a gaming facility on Ysleta del Sur Pueblo reservation near El Paso.
The Kickapoo tribe has run the Lucky Eagle Casino
in Eagle Pass with more than 3,300 slots since 1996
without interruption as it gained federal recognition
at a time when different laws were in place.
California
California’s Viejas Casino & Resort has officially opened its second luxury hotel tower and expanded casino,
which has seen 1,000 slots added to the floor. Thousands were in attendance for the grand opening
ceremony for the new five-storey tower. Separated by the hotel pool area and the Park at Viejas, a
designated space for concerts and special events, the $50m hotel tower features 109 deluxe rooms and
luxury suites, a fitness center and business center, a spacious bar and lounge, and nine state-of-the-art
meeting spaces including the Oak Ballroom, accommodating up to 1,200 attendees. Upgraded amenities in
the VIP suites include multiple HDTVs, handcrafted furniture and décor, oversized shower, Jacuzzi
whirlpool baths, and more. This expansion creates an additional 50,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor
multifunction resort space, and increases current hotel accommodations to a total of 237 rooms and suites.
Developer silent as Baha Mar
is placed into receivership
THE BAHAMAS
The Supreme Court in the
Bahamas has placed the $3.5bn
Baha Mar project into receivership after approving an application from the EXIM Bank. The
aim now is to ensure that the
relevant parties co-operate to
get the resort completed and
open. However the court has
already appointed liquidators to
make 2,020 Baha Mar employees redundant due to the financial insolvency of the project.
Attorney General Allyson
Maynard Gibson said: “We will
only take steps that are in the
best interest of the Bahamian
people. We want Baha Mar
remobilised, opened and operational.” However with Baha
Mar developer Sarkis Izmirlian,
who has spent $850m to
$900m in the project, sidestepped in the move, which also
takes away any decision making power from him, some
observers are seeing it as a hostile takeover.
Free National Movement
Chairman Michael Pintard said:
“It is safe to assume that there
is going to be further litigation
and if we were to judge this
matter by any other receiverships we have observed in this
region, this could lead to a protracted struggle, causing further
delays in opening the resort. If
Baha Mar’s developer is not
factored into discussions going
forth it is reasonable to expect
that the investor is going to
engage in what will turn out to
be a protracted fight to protect
the $900m he has invested.”
“The other thing that raises
concern for us are charges of
nationalisation,” he added.
“Some say it is a hostile
takeover. The FNM is not agreeing or disagreeing with that
characterisation, but clearly
that is a negative signal to the
international community in
terms of how the Bahamian
government has chosen to
operate. The FNM is concerned
that such a message has the
potential to have a negative
impact on people wishing to do
business in the Bahamas.”
Jerry’s nugget seleCts synkros
las Vegas’ Jerry’s Nugget Casino has
selected Konami’s SYNKroS Gaming
enterprise Management System
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Konami Gaming’s Synkros casino management
system has been selected by Jerry’s Nugget Casino,
located just north of Downtown Las Vegas.
For more than 50 years Jerry’s Nugget has served as
one of the area’s premier mid-sized casino properties
and is now launching Synkros across its operation
with a focus on consistent quality and personalized
customer engagement. The casino’s 550+ machine
gaming floor will leverage a variety of Synkros
marketing tools to grant its guests a fun and
memorable experience unique to Jerry’s Nugget and
consistent with its exceptional legacy.
“As one the very first gaming destinations to cater to
the Las Vegas locals, we’ve selected Synkros in part
to continue that local customer focus with
promotions and incentives that reward our valued
players in new ways,” said Jeremy Stamis, President
at Jerry’s Nugget Casino.
The property will also be introducing floor-wide
community bonusing events using Synkros’
acclaimed SuperSeries. With SuperSeries’ multi-
level, multi-themed community bonusing games,
carded guests at any slot machine will
simultaneously compete for progressive jackpot
awards.
“Our MoreClub rewards members will see more
personalized benefits to complement their visits and
further reinforce Jerry’s Nugget as their casino of
choice,” said Mr. Stamis. “And from an operational
standpoint, Synkros’ proven reliability and highlytargeted marketing capabilities help align our
business for long-term market success and technical
dependability.”
“Jerry’s Nugget is prominent Vegas fixture and we’re
thrilled to be able to provide a new wave of systems
technology to benefit their casino guests and
organization as a whole,” said Scott Richards,
Director, Systems Sales at Konami. “They have a
longstanding reputation for quality customer care and
attention. With what Synkros has to offer, Jerry’s
Nugget will give players new opportunities for thrill
and excitement for many years to come.”
Florida
The state of Florida has now filed a lawsuit in a Tampa federal court asking a judge to order the Seminole
Tribe of Florida to cease operating blackjack tables. Florida does not have legal jurisdiction over tribal
reservations. The Seminoles were supposed to remove the blackjack tables at the end of September. But the
tribe filed a lawsuit seeking to keep blackjack and other banked card games in place. The request follows
the end of a five-year deal allowing blackjack at casinos such as the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
locations in Tampa and Hollywood. The tribe was given a 90-day grace period to remove them but with
that period coming to an end the tribe filed its own lawsuit. It believes it can continue operating the games
while the lawsuit is under consideration. Ken Lawson, the secretary of Florida’s Department of Business
and Professional Regulation, said: “Under the existing compact, the Seminole Tribe of Florida is now
illegally operating their banked card games. In accordance with the existing compact, the state is asking the
court to order the tribe to cease operations.”
Fraser Downs Racetrack to
become Elements Casino
CANADA
Surrey’s newest entertainment
destination, Elements Casino, is
set to open on December 17 . “The
countdown is on and the entire
team is looking forward to welcoming our guests and first time
visitors to our Grand Opening
celebration as we officially introduce Elements Casino to the
community and marketplace,”
said Michael Kim, General
Manager, Fraser Downs
Racetrack and Casino.
Elements Casino will aspire to be
an all-inclusive, full service
gaming entertainment venue that
will deliver unrivalled personalised service, exciting live
entertainment options, unsurpassed dining experiences and
gaming offerings consisting of
casino games and standard bred
horse racing.
The property will feature more
than 500 interactive slot
machines along with table games
such as squeeze baccarat, blackjack, roulette and poker.
Guests will be able to enjoy new
dining options focused on profiling fresh and modern menu
styles all while experiencing live
entertainment showcasing local
and regional talent.
Elements Casino will replace the
existing Fraser Downs Racetrack
and Casino located in Surrey, BC,
one of the fastest growing cities
in Canada.
“We look forward to the grand
opening of Elements Casino as it
will give us an opportunity to
elevate, improve and diversify
the entertainment experience
within the Surrey marketplace, a
region that is currently growing
and projected to be the most
populated city in Metro
Vancouver by 2020,” said Chuck
Keeling, Vice President,
Stakeholder Relations and
Responsible Gaming, Great
Canadian Gaming Corporation.
us – aga sports aCtion plan
Following months of study and deliberation, the American Gaming
Association’s (AGA) Board of Directors
have issued a set of recommendations that mark a major shift in the
industry’s approach to sports betting,
which is currently illegal in all but four
states. AGA will build a broad coalition that will determine
whether a rational alternative to current sports betting law
exists. Such an alternative could include strict regulation, rigorous consumer protections and robust tools for law
enforcement to eliminate illegal sports betting and strengthen the integrity of games.
The 2016 effort will include robust research, aggressive
communications and partnerships with a variety of voices
with interest in sports betting. Those voices will include, but
not be limited to, gaming leaders, law enforcement officials,
regulators, legislators and professional sports leagues.
us - Bmm appoints marC lee as svp teChnology
BMM Testlabs, the world's leading
gaming testing laboratory and technical consultancy is pleased to
announce Marc Lee as SVP
Technology. Lee, an expert in regulatory, compliance, large systems applications development and implementation for remote gaming, will be
based out of BMM's headquarters in Las Vegas.
Lee joins BMM with 25 years experience in the IT industry, 11
of those spent in the gaming industry.
us – gli hires teChniCal ComplianCe manager
GLI has expanded its Technical
Compliance team with the addition of
Mark Roy, Manager of Technical
Compliance. Roy joins GLI with a
wealth of knowledge and expertise in
the gaming industry.
As Manager of Technical Compliance,
Roy is responsible for providing overall direction and leadership for all activities in his respective department, including
managing client relationships and evaluating and implementing company procedures for maximum efficiency and
cost containment.
us - tom rafferty interBloCk general Counsel
Interblock has named Tom Rafferty
the company’s new global General
Counsel. Rafferty is based in
Interblock’s North American headquarters in Las Vegas.
Interblock CEO John Connelly said,
“When evaluating Interblock’s options
for the future, it became clear we
needed to hire a General Counsel capable of handling transactions experienced by some of the largest companies in the
world. I feel extremely fortunate that Tom has joined our
organization. Tom will be a member of the Company’s
Executive Management Team and will play a major role in all
future moves Interblock is contemplating.”
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queenslanD’s $1Bn star earner
australian operator Crown Melbourne is
adding a brand new luxury six-star hotel
tower to its Melbourne casino precinct
CamBoDia – glorywin Buys Chateau De Bavet
Glorywin Entertainment Group, one of Asia’s premier casino
operators and junket service providers has bought Chateau
de Bavet, a luxury casino in Cambodia.
The boutique hotel and casino, located on National Road in
the border town of Bavet, operates with 183 slot machines.
With the massive revenues brought in by the gaming industry throughout the region, this recent development has the
company poised for substantial growth.
The number of casinos in Cambodia has almost doubled
since last year with a total of $2bn brought in by the country’s gaming industry for 2014. Tourism to the region has
grown tremendously, driving the increase in the average
mass-market wager size.
Major US investment firms maintain a positive outlook on the
Asian gaming sector as well as a Big Four accounting firm
stating “Asia Pacific will be the fastest-growing region for
casino gaming spending over the coming five years.” Foreign
investment is coming onto the scene as well, with a listed
company in Australia paying close to $400 million for another luxury casino in Cambodia.
Glorywin Entertainment has extensive experience promoting
casinos in Asia, as well as implementing fraud and risk control procedures, payment processing and compliance protocols. In addition to their recent land-based casino acquisition,
the company operates their business through the introduction of sub-junkets and the provision of information technology infrastructure to casinos and receives an agreed percentage of total bets as revenue, seeing over $1 billion in total
bets placed for 2014.
Glorywin’s stock currently trades on the OTC Venture
Marketplace at $2.00 per share under the ticker symbol
GWIN. The company expects to see significant growth in
both their online and land-based casino operations with
Company Chairman Mr. Wenwei Wu stating, “We continue to
strive further in the gaming industry to be in the best position
possible to provide results for our consumers, partners and
shareholders. With our own regulated land based casino, we
shall achieve maximum flexibility in arranging our IT systems
to provide a superb online gaming experience to our
gamers.”
Glorywin provides junket services to 25 sub-junkets. The
company provides technical support and record keeping of
sub-junkets to their online casino operators and promotes
their online casino websites through their list of sub-junkets,
including VIP room junket promotion directly to consumers
and existing land-based casino consumers which include
individuals within legal gambling age in their respective territories across the world.
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Australia’s Star Entertainment Group will pay the
Queensland government $272m in exchange for
the right to develop the Queen’s Wharf casino and
resort, which will generate over $1bn of state tax
over 10 years. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and
Star Chairman John O’Neill have now signed the
final contract for the A$3bn casino resort on the
Brisbane waterfront.
When the new integrated resort in Brisbane opens
in 2022 it will be known as The Star, Brisbane.
Following Star Entertainment’s name change from
Echo Entertainment, Jupiters Hotel & Casino will
rebrand as The Star, Gold Coast, whilst Treasury
Casino & Hotel will become Treasury by The Star.
The first instalment for The Star Brisbane of
$272m has now been paid to the Queensland
Government.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said: “Another
guaranteed $880m will follow from casino taxes
over the first 10 years of Destination Brisbane
Queensland’s operations from 2022. It’s a large
amount of money, it’s a significant sum of money
and in total it is more than $1bn. It does mean
there is a huge injection of cash that is going
directly to pay down debt on our state budget. We
would expect to see more than one million tourists
coming to south-east Queensland over the coming
years. The project will create 2,000 construction
jobs and 8,000 operational jobs but we will see
overall some 10,000 jobs over the coming year.”
The deal includes a 25-year casino exclusivity
period for 60km from the Brisbane CBD for the
casino’s 2,500 pokie machines. It has also been
granted unlimited gaming tables, including ‘electronic’ gaming tables. The Star, formerly Echo
Entertainment Group, has partnered with Hong
Kong based Far East Consortium and Chow Tai
Fook in the formation of the Destination Brisbane
Consortium.
Star Chairman John O’Neill said: “While the government drives a hard bargain, we’re delighted
with the outcome. It will be quintessentially
Brisbane, it will be quintessentially Queensland
and will reverberate right around the world.”
Mr O’Neill added that the aim was to attract an
additional 1.4m international tourists each year to
Queensland, bringing an estimated spend of
$1.69bn. China’s emerging middle class would be a
key demographic for the development. The first
phase of the build will get underway in 2017 with
the old state government buildings being demolished. The development will include five new
hotels and an integrated resort including a casino,
a link across the Brisbane River to South Bank and
a new live theatre, with a $1.3m business centre.
GLI Australia licensed to test
online gaming for Isle of Man
AUSTRALIA
Gaming Laboratories
International was recently
awarded accreditation as an
approved online gaming testing
facility by the Isle of Man
Gambling Supervision
Commission. This opportunity
extends GLI’s global coverage,
allowing the company to better
service its customers not only
within the region, but also from
around the globe. It also demonstrates GLI’s commitment to
investing in the gaming industry;
as technologies become more
advanced and complex, GLI is
dedicated to providing professional service to its customers
quickly and more cost effectively.
GLI Australia’s Chief Operating
Officer APAC Espee de Robillard
said, “With GLI’s customers looking more and more toward ‘porting’ games from land-based gaming machines (EGMs) to iGaming,
we need to be ready. Being
accredited, licensed and aligned
with other GLI locations better
equips GLI’s customers in their
drive toward greater global coverage. What is important is that
GLI continues to invest in the
gaming industry as technologies
become more advanced and complex, and at the same time, customers are looking for a committed professional service provider
wanting to go the extra mile.”
GLI has been operating in
Australia for more than 20 years
and serves regulatory clients and
supplier customers throughout
Australia, New Zealand and the
Western Pacific. GLI’s three
Australia-based labs – located in
Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney
– are collectively known as GLI
Australia. Recently, the labs in
Australia welcomed the addition
of multitude of new staff members due to the ever-increasing
demand of existing and new customers.
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penghu Casinos BaCk on agenDa
it’s groundhog day for the citizens of
taiwan’s Penghu island as the local
government seeks referendum re-run
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philippines – frontier to Buy CasaBlanCa
Australia-based Frontier Capital Group is buying the
Casablanca Casino in the Philippines’ Clark Freeport Zone,
along with the adjoining Stotsenberg hotel, in what it says is
Asia’s fastest growing gaming market.
In a filing to the Australian Securities Exchange, Frontier confirmed the price for the deal would be A$26m with January
2016 earmarked for the completion date.
Themed on the film with the same name, Casablanca Casino
has a total of 190 slot machines, 36 gaming tables and two
VIP rooms. The Stotsenberg Hotel has 239 hotel rooms and
a convention centre. Located 1.6 km away from the Clark
International Airport, Frontier believes that the scheduled
A$450m Passenger Terminal expansion project at the airport will double the number of passengers annually to 8m
and increase the number of customers frequenting the
Stotsensberg Hotel and Casino.
Frontier’s recently appointed Chief Operating Officer Ken
Wong, who has over 15 years of experience working in the
gaming sector, said: “Research conducted by Citi and
Macquarie Research has found that the Philippines gaming
industry is the fastest growing in the Asia. Our entry into the
gaming industry is well timed to capitalize on this potential.”
The Taiwanese island of Penghu is again considering a casino development with residents likely to
vote on the matter following Taiwan’s presidential
election on January 16.
The local government’s Referendum Screening
Committee has approved a proposal to hold a referendum. This will now be put before Taiwan’s
Cabinet the Executive Yuan. If five per cent of the
local population, amounting to 4,113 people, sign a
petition, it will be sent to the election committee
to prepare for a referendum.
In the previous referendum, which took place on
September 26, 2009, a total of 17,369 votes, or
56.44 per cent of the total valid ballots, voted
against the introduction of a casino, while 13,397,
or 43.56 per cent, supported it.
Taiwan lifted the ban on gambling on the outlying
islands of Kinmen, Matsu and Penghu in January
2009. Residents on Matsu voted for casinos in a
referendum, in July 2012, however Taiwan’s
Parliament has yet to approve the draft casino bill.
Claremont Partners wants to develop a casino on
the island of Penghu, however a referendum held
in 2009 saw locals vote against a casino. The company’s Carl Burger said last year: “Penghu very
much remains a viable location. We anticipate
that the supporting Taiwan legislation will finally
pass in 2014 and set the stage for gaming operators
and investors to enter a new Asian jurisdiction.”
Weidner Resorts Taiwan, headed by former Las
Vegas Sands executive Bill Weidner, has also
shown its blueprint for a Taiwanese casino resort
with luxury hotels and convention halls.
Operating giants such as Sheldon Adelson’s Las
Vegas Sands and MGM Resorts are believed to
have analysed the opportunity of gaming in
Taiwan due to closeness to China and large potential markets such as Korea and Japan.
Mr. Wong is a former executive of Genting Hong Kong. The
gaming floor and the hotel will though be managed by E!xcite
Gaming and Entertainment.
SJM currently operates an average of 458 VIP gaming tables,
down from 564 for the third
quarter last year), 1,263 mass
market gaming tables, up from
1,190 last year and 2,737 slot
machines, down from 2,806 for
the quarter a year ago.
E!xcite has provided a five-year profit guarantee of $5m a
year per annum. E!xcite will be given 142.2m shares in
Frontier Capital.
saipan – imperial paCifiC to form Junkets
Imperial Pacific is to hold an official opening ceremony for the
temporary casino that it opened on the island of Saipan in the
Pacific on November 27.
The temporary casino was opened back in July as the group
looks to build the US$7.1bn casino that it committed to when
it won the 25 year licence. Operating in the tourist shopping
mall DFS T Galleria in Garapan close to a Hard Rock Café, it
opened with 10 tables and 48 slot machines. It generated
US$500,000 in bets in the first two days. The number of
slots has since been doubled. However the group has just
confirmed that the first phase of the permanent $7.1bn
resort will cost over $600m to build and will have 300 gaming tables and 500 slot machines.
It believes it will start getting a return on its investments
between 12 to 18 months after its hotel opens by the end of
2016.
Imperial Pacific has said it will begin agreeing strategic
alliances with junket operators next month. Best Sunshine
International COO Matthew Harkness said they are not solely
focused on Chinese tourists. “There is a huge commitment
on the part of Best Sunshine to continue to promote, to grow
the Japanese tourist base here on Saipan,” he said, adding
that Korean and Russian tourists were also important.
Imperial Pacific/Best Sunshine Senior Vice President Tao
Xing Xing added that they will hold a familiarisation tour
especially for Japanese and Korean tour agents ‘to help them
promote their businesses.’
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Total VIP chips sales came in at
HK$160bn, down from
HK$360bn for the corresponding
quarter last year and the VIP
gaming hold percentage was 3.36,
compared to 2.88 per cent.
SJM profits slashed by 81 per
cent as Macau gloom holds
MACAU
SJM Holdings has lost more than
just market share in the third
quarter, reporting a fall in profit of
over 80 per cent. Gaming revenue
for the three months ending
September 30 fell by 38 per cent
to HK$11.2bn (US$1.45bn), with
earnings dropping 49.5 per cent
to $884m and profit down a staggering 81 per cent to $285m.
The group said: “Profit was
affected by an impairment loss
on an available-for-sale investment of HK$250m incurred in Q3
2015 (Q3 2014: Nil), without
which profit would have
decreased by HK$3,104m in the
first nine months of 2015.”
This would have seen profit fall
by 65 per cent and not 81 per
cent. During the quarter, the
group’s VIP gaming revenue suffered, generating just $5,442m, a
decrease of 47.5 per cent from
$10,375m from the third quarter
of 2014. Mass market gaming revenue was $5,529m, a decrease of
24.9 per cent from $7,359m, and
slot machine (and Tombola) revenue was $272m, a decrease of
23.8 per cent from $357m.
The Grand Lisboa Hotel achieved
an average occupancy rate of 85
per cent and average room rate of
$1,743 per night, as compared
with average occupancy rate of
90.5 per cent and average rate of
$2,261 per night in Q3 2014.
Dr. Ambrose So, CEO of SJM, said:
“While challenging conditions in
Macau’s market continued in the
third quarter, with gaming revenues continuing their decline for
the sixth consecutive quarter,
SJM is making progress in controlling costs and enhancing customer service. Our strong balance
sheet positions us well for the
completion of the Lisboa Palace
project which remains on schedule and on budget, and we remain
optimistic about the future.”
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australia’s tabcorp has been performing
strongly with reported net profit for 2015
up 157 per cent on the prior year
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The going is good for Australian betting group
Tabcorp who reported a net profit for the 2015
financial year after tax of A$334.5m, up 157 per
cent on the prior year. Whilst this figure has been
inflated by two significant one-off income tax
benefits, net profit after tax, excluding these items
from continuing operations was up 14.7 per cent to
A$171.3m. Revenues for the group were A$2.16bn,
up 5.7 per cent.
Tabcorp now operates Wagering, Keno and
Trackside licences in the ACT, complementing
existing operations. ACTTAB was rebranded in
August, so that Tabcorp now operates under a single TAB brand across the ACT, New South Wales
and Victoria. The completion of media rights
arrangements for NSW and Victorian thoroughbred racing means that TAB’s apps and tab.com.au
are the only digital channels where customers can
watch every single race across every racing code.
This is a major competitive advantage and a real
point of difference for the company.
Tabcorp Gaming Services business, TGS, has
evolved from being a Victorian-only business to
one which is building a presence in NSW with the
signing of a number of new venues in that market.
The Keno business has been transformed, with a
new brand identity and a more contemporary and
appealing customer experience. Keno jackpots are
now pooled between NSW and Victoria, with
Queensland planned to follow in due course.
Tabcorp’s MD and CEO, David Attenborough
(above), said: “Customers are responding positively to our wagering offer and our results demonstrate the value of our integrated retail, digital and
media assets. Revenue growth was 6.9 per cent,
while EBITDA was up 7.2 per cent. Total racing
revenue growth was 5.1 per cent, while sports revenue was up 16.2 per cent. However, racing continues to drive the bulk of our wagering turnover,
with fixed odds products underpinning racing’s
growth. Media revenue continued to grow, driven
by increased international vision and co-mingling
arrangements, such as those in place with Hong
Kong, Singapore and South Africa.We have also
put in place new media rights for NSW and
Victorian thoroughbred racing.”
australia – gli reloCates syDney laBoratory
Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) will relocate its
Sydney, Australia-based laboratory from Rosebery to Seven
Hills in the coming months, moving closer to New South
Wales manufacturers that have moved further west of
Sydney’s Central Business District.
The laboratory relocation, which is in line with GLI Australia’s
long-term expansion program, will provide the majority of
New South Wales manufacturers and other clients easier
and faster access to GLI’s laboratory, services and personnel.
In addition, the new space will afford a 30 per cent increase
in engineering staff as well as a 25 percent increase in laboratory floor space. With an increasing demand for GLI’s testing, certification and professional services, GLI Australia is
adapting in order to ensure all customers’ needs are met.
GLI Australia’s Chief Operating Officer APAC Espee de
Robillard said, “This is a very exciting time for GLI, and especially for GLI in Australia and the Asia Pacific region.
Expanding our offices, employing more staff and investing in
the gaming industry means we can accept a greater workload from across the region, truly support our regional offices
in Macau and the Philippines, and maintain the expectations
and trust of our customers.
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Company – aDliNK technology, inc.
Web address – www.adlinktech.com
AGEM Membership level – associate Member of aGeM
Company Description –
aDliNK technology is enabling the internet of things (iot) with
innovative embedded computing solutions for edge devices,
intelligent gateways and cloud services. aDliNK’s products are
application-ready for industrial automation, communications,
medical, defense, transportation, and infotainment industries. our
product range includes motherboards, blades, chassis, modules,
and systems based on industry standard form factors, as well as
an extensive line of test & measurement products and smart touch
computers, displays and handhelds that support the global
transition to always connected systems. Many products are
extreme rugged, supporting extended temperature ranges, shock
and vibration.
aDliNK is a Premier Member of the intel internet of things
Solutions alliance and is active in several standards organisations.
aDliNK is a global company with headquarters in taiwan and
manufacturing in taiwan and China; r&D and integration in
taiwan, China, the US, and Germany; and a network of worldwide
sales and support offices.
Forthcoming events / exhibitions you will be attending –
aDliNK will be attending iCe totally Gaming in london from 2-4
February 2016 and also embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany
from 23-25 February 2016. this show focuses on security for
electronic systems, distributed intelligence, the internet of things or
e-mobility and energy efficiency.
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In line with AGEM’s pledge to support educational initiatives, the members recently
agreed to extend the annual Scholarship program with Drexel University into a 3year commitment. AGEM has supported Drexel’s hospitality management / gaming
program with an annual $10,000 sponsorship. The Drexel team has been committed
to promoting gaming education at the school and through the gaming lab that has
been established with help from the suppliers.
Another educational scholarship was renewed at the November meeting, this time
for the American Indian College Fund. The organisation has undertaken good work
and AGEM members were happy to extend their support for a further year with a
donation of $10,000.
Director of Responsible Gaming, Connie Jones, represented AGEM at the joint
conference of the International Association of Gaming Regulators and International
Masters of Gaming Law in Lima, Peru from the 13-16 October. The event was well
attended by approx. 235 delegates made up of international regulators and
attorneys and provided a good opportunity for AGEM to showcase its commitment
to Responsible Gaming during the session on new developments in ‘Duty of Care’.
Two events were recently approved for sponsorship, the 11th European Conference
on Gambling Studies and Policy Issues and the annual National Council of
Legislators from Gaming States (NCLGS). The European conference will be held in
Lisbon, Portugal from 13-16 September 2016 and was supported by a 3000 Euro
donation. AGEM will be sponsoring the NCLGS and has pledged a $2000
sponsorship with Vice President of Government Relations, Steve DiMasi
representing AGEM and participating on a panel discussion that will focus on skillbased gaming. The NCLGS will be held from 8-10 January 2016 in Orlando, Florida.
AGEM welcomed 3 new members to the roster in November. Bronze member,
Century Gaming Technologies and Associate members, CDC Gaming Reports and
Casino Connection Int’l..
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AGEM will once again have a stand at the ICE Totally Gaming Show in London. The
stand is located in the North Halls at N1-356. Preparations are underway for the show
and AGEM looks forward to meeting all it’s members at this time.
AGEM INDEX
After reporting two consecutive month-to-month
declines, the AGEM Index rose in October 2015. The
composite index ended the month at 197.21, which
represents a substantial gain of 13.87 points (+7.6 per
cent) compared to September 2015. Compared to a
year ago, the AGEM Index netted 10.22 points to the
positive (+5.5 per cent). In October, eight of the 13
global gaming equipment manufacturers reported
month-to-month gains in stock price, with three up
by more than 10 per cent. Of the four manufacturers
reporting monthly declines in stock price during the
month, two were down by more than 10 per cent.
The broader stock markets also reported
improvements from September 2015 to October
2015. The S&P 500 increased from 1,920.03 to
2,079.36, which represented a gain of 8.3 percent.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the month
at 17,663.54, rising 8.5 percent from the prior period.
aGeM is an international trade association representing manufacturers of electronic gaming devices, systems, and components for the
gaming industry. the association works to further the interests of gaming equipment manufacturers throughout the world. through
political action, tradeshow partnerships, information dissemination and good corporate citizenship, the members of aGeM work together
to create benefits for every company within the organization. together, aGeM and its member organisations have assisted regulatory
commissions and participated in the legislative process to solve problems and create a positive business environment.
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AGEM
RETROSPECTIVE 2015
AGEM CELEBRATES ITS MOST
ACTIVE AND EFFECTIVE YEAR YET
On behalf of our 146 member companies from 21 countries around the world, I am
honoured to share highlights of a very busy calendar year for AGEM and our members
First of all, we are pleased with our continuing
relationship with G3 magazine, editor Lewis Pek,
commercial director John Slattery and the entire G3
staff. We truly appreciate having a forum to share
news and updates each month.
For G3 readers not entirely familiar with AGEM and its
mission, we represent manufacturers and suppliers of
electronic gaming devices, systems, table games,
online technology, key components and support
products and services for the gaming industry. AGEM
works to further the interests of the world’s gaming
equipment suppliers through political action,
regulatory influence, trade show partnerships,
educational alliances, information dissemination and
good corporate citizenship.
Thomas Jingoli,
aGeM President
responsiBle gaming
For G3 readers not entirely familiar with
aGeM and its mission, we represent
manufacturers and suppliers of
electronic gaming devices, systems,
table games, online technology, key
components and support products and
services for the gaming industry. aGeM
works to further the interests of the
world’s gaming equipment suppliers.
What started with AGEM’s inception in 2000 and a
focus initially on Nevada has evolved into a trade
organisation with global influence as our members sell
their products and technology into every legal and
regulated gaming jurisdiction in the world.
exeCutive DireCtor
With that in mind, 2015 was our most active year yet,
starting in January with the election of new Officers
and then throughout the year in these main categories:
The AGEM Board in February approved a 3-year
contract extension for Executive Director Marcus
Prater, who has helped guide the organization to new
heights since early 2008.
new agem offiCers
“BuilDing Better Business”
January brought a revamped Officer team, including
the addition of the new Vice President of Government
Relations title. The AGEM Board of Directors approved
the slate presented of President Tom Jingoli, Konami;
First Vice President Dan Savage, Scientific Games;
Second Vice President David Lucchese, Everi; Vice
President Of Government Relations Steve DiMasi,
GTECH / IGT; Secretary Mark Dunn, Aristocrat;
Treasurer Tom Nieman, JCM Global; Co-General
Counsel Mike Dreitzer, Ainsworth, and Co-General
Counsel Harper Ko, Scientific Games.
AGEM initiated Senate Bill 9 in Nevada allowing for
variable-payback percentages on slot machines that
will introduce true skill-based and arcade elements to
casino floor for the first time. Following the unanimous
passage of SB9 and the signing of the bill by Nevada
Governor Brian Sandoval, AGEM worked closely with
the Nevada Gaming Control Board on the new
regulations and technical standards that will govern
this exciting new form of gaming.
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other factors on overall slot revenues in the U.S.,
continuing an industry discussion designed to optimize
slot floors for the benefit of all.
AGEM also released a detailed report by the respected
firm of Applied Analysis on the effect of slot hold and
The AGEM Board in February approved the contract
renewal of AGEM Director of Responsible Gaming
Connie Jones and she had a very active year as AGEM
continued to financially support a wide variety of
organisations dedicated to responsible gaming
initiatives, including the National Center for
Responsible Gaming, the National Council on Problem
Gambling, the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling,
The Problem Gambling Center and GamCare in the
United Kingdom.
international influenCe
With Director of Europe Tracy Cohen based in London
and AGEM addressing issues in markets ranging from
Austria to Chile to Macau, the organisation continues to
broaden its reach.
eDuCation
AGEM has remained committed to the educational
component in its mission statement, including funding
separate AGEM scholarships at or contributions to the
UNLV Lee Business School, Nevada State College,
Drexel University, the American Indian College Fund,
the Global Gaming Women Charitable Education Fund,
Atlantic Cape (N.J.) Community College, the
International Center for Excellence in Gaming
Regulation at UNLV, Las Vegas Discovery Children’s
Museum and Spread the Word Nevada.
assoCiate memBer Committee
In order for non-voting members to have a larger voice
in the organization, AGEM created a formal Associate
Member Committee comprised of Tracey Chernay,
TransAct Technologies; Jim Roberts, James Industries;
Rodney Hammond, JCS Technologies; Eric Olsen, Olsen
AGEM
RETROSPECTIVE 2015
Gaming / Spectronix; Skip Davis, Gary Platt
Manufacturing and Tabitha Jackson, YESCO.
inDustry partnerships
AGEM led an effort with the American Gaming
Association (AGA) to highlight the growing problem of
“8-liner” machines in Texas that are often at the center
of illegal gambling operations. AGEM also partnered on
other issues and events with a wide variety of other
industry associations, including the Gaming Standards
Association (GSA).
helping guide the overall gaming discussion as the
industry continues to await the passage of a new
federal gaming bill designed in part to provide a more
stable business environment where operators and
suppliers can prosper.
regulatory reform
AGEM has remained focused on improving the overall
regulatory climate for its members, an effort that led to
the organization helping shape the discussion this year
in more than a dozen U.S. states and multiple foreign
countries.
traDe shows
AGEM exhibited at G2E, G2E Asia, ICE and NIGA and
continues to work with trade show organizers around
the world on the important topic of maximizing value
for exhibitors and attendees.
mexiCo
The AGEM Mexico Committee active in Mexico City
grew in influence throughout the year and now is
honoring inDustry leaDers
AGEM announced the creation of the Jens Halle
Memorial Award Honoring Excellence in Commercial
Gaming Professionalism and the Peter Mead Memorial
Award Honoring Excellence in Gaming Media &
Communications. Halle and Mead passed away within
weeks of each other, much too young at ages of 57 and
54, respectively.
aGeM has remained committed to the
educational component in its mission
statement, including funding separate
aGeM scholarships at or contributions
to the UNlV lee Business School,
Nevada State College, Drexel University,
the american indian College Fund, the
Global Gaming Women Charitable
education Fund, atlantic Cape (N.J.)
Community College, the international
Center for excellence in Gaming
regulation at UNlV, las Vegas
Discovery Children’s Museum and
Spread the Word Nevada.
Overall, 2015 will rank as AGEM’s most active and
effective year to date and we look forward to riding
this momentum into 2016 and beyond.
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Events
JUEGOS MIAMI
MIAMI: THE CAPITAL OF LATIN
AMERICA AND NEW EVENT HOST
Clarion Events, which owns and organises a suite of world class gaming events
including EiG, GiGse and ICE, together with partners, Urban Expositions, organisers of
NIGA, has announced the launch of Juegos Miami, a totally new event concept for the
Pan-Latin American and Caribbean gaming industry. Clarion's Kate Chambers
explains a little more about an event whose foundation stones are relationship
building and top level networking, set against a strong commercial backdrop.
why Do you Believe the inDustry
neeDs another event in this part of
the worlD?
I think that the region needs an event that brings
together all of the top decision makers. This is not to
say that the existing events don’t have a place in their
respective markets, but for some time major suppliers
have been asking for something that they can use
across the whole region. The market has been
extremely clear about the importance of attracting the
key operators, the legislators, the big buyers, the
business owners and their most trusted and influential
decision-makers to a single prestigious event. We
have received a very straightforward brief from our
stakeholders and that is to create a branded event
which is the Who's Who of Pan-Latin American and
Caribbean gaming. The industry has been asking for an
event that will truly embrace the region and reflect an
entire continent of gaming excellence. Our challenge
and that of our colleagues at Urban Expositions, is to
deliver that brief and in the process satisfy the very
specific needs of the industry that we serve."
how long have you Been
researChing the market?
In total we have been looking at this for over a year,
engaging with all sectors of the gaming industry active
in Pan-Latin America and the Caribbean. Most
importantly, we have listened to the market in order to
understand exactly what it wants from an event. I
think some people may have assumed that we would
simply take the successful ICE template and apply it to
this part of the world – but that could not be further
from the truth. It's absolutely clear that one size does
not fit all – you can't lift the London experience and
recreate it in Miami and if you did, it probably wouldn't
see its' second birthday! By working with, listening to
and understanding the market we, in partnership with
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Kate Chambers,
Managing Director,
Clarion. events
The region is very different to other
areas of the gaming world. It is made
up of a range of different countries
with different market needs, many
travelling at different regulatory and
cultural speeds. The global supplier
market however, is looking for a cost
effective way to target this vast region
and this has allowed us to create a
truly bespoke event that our research
indicates both operators and suppliers
will engage with.
where Does Juegos miami sit in the
Clarion gaming portfolio?
Urban Expositions, in which we are now a majority
partner, have created a unique, bespoke event for this
incredibly important region.
why is latam any Different from
europe or north ameriCa?
The region is very different to other areas of the gaming
world. It is made up of a range of different countries
with different market needs, many travelling at
different regulatory and cultural speeds. The global
supplier market however, is looking for a cost effective
way to target this vast region and this has allowed us to
create a truly bespoke event that our research
indicates both operators and suppliers will engage
with.
It sits with the ICE team but has a dedicated group of
people both in the UK as well as in the Urban offices in
the US who can invest the right amount of time to
ensure it gets the attention it requires to be successful.
All new events need focus and attention to ensure they
are successful and meet the needs of the market. It's
essential that we have the right management structure
in place to be able to respond to the needs of the
market and are able to make the right decisions quickly.
what other events will you Be
working with urBan on?
This is the first truly joint event we are working on but
Events
JUEGOS MIAMI
world gaming, so any comparisons aren't really valid. It
will be an international event but with the vast
majority of attendees drawn from the region.
we are also supporting their NIGA event. Urban will
continue to run this successful event as their own
project but with the additional support of the Clarion
team, delivered predominantly but not exclusively
courtesy of the access to market we have outside the
USA.
what are your long term plans for
the event?
where Do you see visitors
travelling from – will it Be
international in the same way that
iCe is?
Quite simply, this is something that the market will
decide. We aim to run the event in its current format
allowing it to develop in a way that works best for its
supporters. As long as it works we intend to organise it.
Miami is a fantastic location, in that it is the gateway to
Latin America as well as being a great place to spend
some time. Essentially, Juegos Miami is for the PanLatin America and the Caribbean gaming markets so
we are looking at all jurisdictions from Mexico down.
Don't forget that ICE is the most international event in
Can you outline the Juegos miami
usps in a few sentenCes?
An intimate gathering allowing networking and
relationship building for the Pan-Latin America and
the Caribbean market in one place, a refreshing mix of
Juegos Miami is organised by Clarion
Events and Urban Expositions, the
leading producers of gaming events
globally. These include ICE Totally
Gaming, NIGA, GiGse and EiG along
with the Totally Gaming Academy – a
series of training events for the
industry. With a successful track
record bringing buyers and sellers
together in cost-effective and
convenient settings, both Clarion and
Urban have the experience and
industry relationships with this type of
specialised trade show audience.
product, learning, knowledge-exchange, training,
networking and socialising, utterly focused on the
region, delivered in an intimate and dedicated
environment. The plug and play pricing structure
allows suppliers to access key buyers and decision
makers in a cost effective way where the only
additional cost is shipping equipment and flights for
their staff. All accommodation, exhibit costs and F&B
are included.
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Review
SAGSE ARGENTINA 2015
SMALL BUT MEASURED
A small number of exhibitors greeted a suprising volume of
visitors at this year’s SAGSE show. There was an optimistic
mood shared by all thanks to Argentina’s change of
government and Brazil’s intentions to legalise gaming
Although smaller than previous years there was a
decidedly upbeat mood at this year’s SAGSE
conference held on the Costa Salguero in Buenos Aires.
Many operators were keen to highlight the fact that
SAGSE was still a very good platform from which to
launch their new products to visitors coming from all
over the region and the conference as always, attracted
some of the world’s most innovative and largest
suppliers of gaming machines, equipment and
technology highlighting the fact that while it may have
diminished in size SAGSE still remains a key date in
the Latin American gaming industry calendar.
G3 interviewed a series of SAGSE exhibitors to find out
about the current state of the marketplace in South
America and especially, Argentina.
Marzio Panelli, CEO - 3 Bet Gaming
“3 Bet Gaming is a service provider company. We are
licensed in Malta and the Malta Gaming Authority and
we have our gaming platform in which we have our
main product - which is a sportsbook and we are
presenting this product for the first time. We were also
present at the ICE conference and we are planning to
go again in February . . . We are adding new features
and solutions to our software and to the modularity of
the software. In fact you can combine the different
modules, platforms or just the sportsbook for our third
party service and you can combine it according to your
needs so you don’t need the full package. So you can
choose and set up your website according to your
needs.
Our sports book is very flexible so you can, for
example, decide on the margin for an entire
championship or on a single event and it is very
flexible for these kinds of events and for focusing and
targeting on specific markets that maybe you want to
have as part of your sportsbook.
This is the first time we’ve been at SAGSE. We have
some contacts in Latin America and we want to
explore the opportunities available in this region. Not
only in Argentina but we are also thinking about
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“We make games for the online market.
We have brought to SaGSe all of our
set of games. We have more than one
hundred slot machines as well as all the
table games such as roulette, blackjack,
video poker besides the games for the
desktop. We also do mobile games.,
Both ioS and android versions. We will
be in ice in london in February where
we will present our HtMl5 games as
well . . . We have a platform as well but
we are actually focusing much more on
games and slot machines are very
much required.”
Gabriele De Lorenzi , Games
Development Manager, World Match
Colombia, Peru and Brazil in the future so this is the
first time that we will have an idea of what is going on
and to see the reaction to our products from the clients.
some European market especially the Italian market
and other Mediterranean countries. This year we are
trying to enter the Latin American market to see if we
can start to cooperate with some operators here.
This is our first time at SAGSE . It’s been good so far.
The second day was very good. The third day was
much quieter but we were expecting that. Our
impressions are that some of the operators really know
about the online market while some of the others want
to know more about it and what to start. There is a
wide variety of different situations.
We are beginning to enter the Latin market. We met
some people last year in London ICE and so we think
that the market can be really ready for business so we
think this could be the right moment to develop the
business and to expand here. There is not one market
in which we are particularly interested in. Of course
we have met many Argentines here during the show
but we’ve also met people from Peru, Uruguay Chile
and they’ve all seemed very interested in our
products.”
Luca P.Vingiani, Chief Global Office, sirplay
Our main market is Europe... We have clients in Italy
and Spain but we can also provide our service to clients
who are in different jurisdictions and we are focusing
now on Latin America. So SAGSE is the first step for us
into this region. “
Gabriele De Lorenzi , Games Development
Manager, World Match
“We make games for the online market. We have
brought to SAGSE all of our set of games. We have
more than one hundred slot machines as well as all the
table games such as roulette, blackjack, video poker
besides the games for the desktop. We also do mobile
games., Both iOS and Android versions. We will be in
Ice in London in February where we will present our
HTML5 games as well . . . We have a platform as well
but we are actually focusing much more on games and
slot machines are very much required. We are
developing many others which are quite strong in
“What we do as our core business is sport booking and
that’s what we brought to the market this year as well
as poker and casino so we have pretty much an end to
end solution which can pretty much cover all products.
In terms of Latin America it is the strongest market we
have but we are pretty spread out across the globe but
in Latin America especially. Colombia and Argentina
are our strongest countries. We have about 15 years
experience in sport betting so that is definitely one of
the values that we can bring to the table regardless not just in Latin America. The fact that we have 80 per
cent of our customer base in Latin America shows how
much we are appreciated here because we can pretty
much understand the market and we can meet the
requirements of the market.
The market . . . in terms of behaviour of players they
have moved merely from more sports betting to more
to poker and casinos. Especially in Latin America and
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SAGSE ARGENTINA 2015
Brazil we are seeing poker growing more than sports.
We were here in 2014 with a very small booth
measuring around 30 square metres. This time around
it is more than 100 metres, so we are growing. We
have staff here of more than 20 people on a daily basis
to give you an idea of the investment we’ve made.
What we are trying to do now is to differentiate our
model based on the country. Brazil is a market which
we are looking at in terms of market share and we are
trying to adopt our go to market strategy to meet the
requirements from a legal standpoint as well as a sales
point of view because Brazilian customers have a
completely different set of requirements from
Colombian customer or from Argentine customers.
That is why we are differentiating our go to market
based on the country.”
Daniel Cuacci, President Dayco Gaming
“We’ve been working in the country for twenty five
years now. We develop electronic games and we also
develop systems for casinos for Ticket in-Ticket out
(TITO) and for online as well . . . . and that is basically
speaking our strengths. In Argentina there are four or
five manufactures of roulette and we are one of the
leaders . . . We are only present in Argentina as getting
involved in other markets can be complicated when it
We have exported in the past to
Uruguay and Colombia and Bolivia and
Guatemala but lately there has been
more of market here in argentina than
abroad. it’s more difficult to import than
to export here and we provide support
abroad. We know everyone here and it’s
a good chance to see people and and
talk to them personally.”
Exequiel Garzon, Administrator, BCM
comes to roulette as they are complicated machines
and they require maintenance and you have to set up
an office aboard for support.
Things are all right here. I have my clients and with
this we do well. I have a small business not huge but it
keeps me going. We first came to SAGSE in 2003. It is
really small year this year. The big companies aren’t
here this year because of issues in the country and
there are problems when it comes to bringing in their
equipment into the country and other issues but it’s
really small. But it’s important to be here to talk to
people. It’s a good chance to talk to clients such an
owner of a casino - something you don’t usually have
a chance to do and they all come here to talk. They tell
us about their problems and it’s much more personal
otherwise it’s very difficult to get access to these types
of people in person.”
Exequiel Garzon, Administrator, BCM
“We’ve brought a new product to SAGSE this year: the
ibet s2g. It’s a new roulette module . . . which is based
on previous models which we have been working on.
It is an electronic roulette multi-N terminal machine
with an electronic cylinder . . . We’ve been at SAGSE
since it began and this year we also brought the ibet7
which is also an electronic mechanical roulette wheel
which can support seven players at the same time and
it simulates conventional roulette based on the
Spanish version. We brought it here a year ago but we
have been perfecting it since then. It can be operated
electronically or by a croupier manually as well. It has
both options.
At the moment we are more focused on the Argentine
market. We have exported in the past to Uruguay and
Colombia and Bolivia and Guatemala but lately there
has been more of market here in Argentina than
abroad. It’s more difficult to import than to export here
and we provide support abroad. We know everyone
here and it’s a good chance to see people and and talk
to them personally.”
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Brazil
asinos were first banned in 1946 by
President Eurico Gaspar Dutra claiming
they spread prostitution and encouraged
the mafia and money laundering. This saw the
immediate closure of around 70 casinos. Before the
ban Brazilian casinos were some of the most
famous in the world and generated a significant
proportion of government finances. While horse
racing was still permitted it wasn’t until 1993 when
the government approved the Zico Law, which first
allowed for the establishment of bingo halls in
order to raise money for sports, that the industry
was expanded. Later these began to spread
nationwide at a fast pace and just as the
government was looking at regulating the sector in
a wider legislative framework the industry was hit
by a national corruption scandal that went so deep
that the President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva was
forced to ban them altogether under decree.
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To this day gambling in Brazil remains the most
politically charged issue in the region due primarily
to the proven links between gambling and
organised crime. The Animal Game, an illegal street
lottery, is played widely and numbers runners have
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According to a 2012 poll, over
half of legislators in power were
ideologically opposed to casinos
and gambling on principle.
Making matters worse is the
fact that the Brazilian Congress
is more conservative now after
elections held last year.
been found to operate bingo halls and offer
politicians and local officials bribes in return for
closure. The “Mensalao Scandal,” as it was dubbed
at the time led President Lula Da Silva to ban all
bingo halls in Brazil by Presidential Decree in 2004
– an act which was later overturned by the
Senate.
Due to the sensitive nature of the issue there has
been very little political will in the past to address
the issue of casinos directly and while there have
been a number of attempts to give casinos the
green light, with the impetus coming mainly from
the Senate, they have met with a lukewarm
response from lawmakers. Furthermore, according
to a poll carried out in 2012, over half of legislators
in power were ideologically opposed to casinos and
gambling on principle. Making matters worse is the
fact that the Brazilian Congress is more
conservative now after elections held last year.
However, there have been major developments in
the last two months which could herald some of the
biggest changes in the market for many years. The
developments are in response to Brazil’s worsening
economic crisis which could well lead to a complete
about face when it comes to gaming. New proposals
now on the table could allow for online gaming, as
well as land based casinos and could legalise the
animal game in order to generate resources for the
state.
If the government finally green lights gaming it
would be one of the most momentous moments in
Latin American gaming history and could open up a
huge and as yet largely untapped market. With a
population of almost 180 million Brazil is the most
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populous country in Latin America and offers a
potentially huge market for the gaming industry.
Brazilians love to gamble especially on lotteries and
Brazil boasts one of the most advanced and most
popular lotteries in the world. Brazilians are also
gambling in increasing numbers online. Today it is
estimated that about 8.7 million Brazilians play
some form of online gambling.
With online gaming on the rise and the Brazilian
economy currently in a recession this is a crucial
time for the industry with lawmakers increasingly
aware of the need to legislate on gambling so that
they may reap the tax benefits of a regulated
industry. Even before the current crisis reached its
peak a number of proposals had been put forward
in the National Congress which were already
seeking to liberalise the land based casino market
and legalise the infamous animal game.
Combined with the present crisis this has added to
the impetus for change. In fact the legalisation of
the animal game as well as other proposals put
forward in the Senate are leading to one of the most
important and open debates on the industry in
several years.
Brazil once tried to sell an aircraft carrier on ebay.
Rio de Janerio was once the capital of Portugal (1763), making it the only European capital
outside of Europe.
The biggest Japanese community outside of Japan is in Brazil.
Rio de Janerio means January River, and it was called so by mistake. A Portugues explorer
thought the bay was the mouth of a river.
The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janerio will be the first time a South American country has
had the right to host them.
There’s an underground river 4km beneath the Amazon river that is as long as the Amazon,
but is hundreds of times wider.
The Zico law was amended in
1998 by Edson Arantes do
Nascimento, Pele. Under the
“Pele Law,” in order to raise
additional income for sports,
bingo halls would be permitted
to house slot machine parlors as
annexes to their property.
Bingo anD slot maChines
The Zico law in 1993 legalised bingo. Zico was the
nickname of soccer player, Arthur Antunes
Coimbra, who served as Minister of Sports in the
early 1990’s. Under the Zico Law, bingo halls were
permitted in order to raise tax income for ailing
sports clubs. This law was amended in 1998 by
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as
Pele who also served as Minister for Sports. Under
the “Pele Law,” in order to raise additional income
for sports, bingo halls would be permitted to house
slot machine parlors as annexes to their property.
In addition thanks to the somewhat ambiguous
wording of the law an array of electronic devices
were covered in the new act, and bingo halls
resembled casinos without card tables and
roulette. Meanwhile the governments of Rio de
Janeiro, Paraná and Mato Grosso continued to pass
their own bingo laws which complicated the
matter further and the Maguito Law, which would
have enforced a ban on all bingo parlours, failed
after operators appealed to local courts.
Bingo halls began to spread quickly and by 2003
there were over 1,000 bingo halls dotted around
Brazil many of which were large scale. By 2004,
Brazil had around 100,000 video gaming machines
that could be found in thousands of bingo halls
throughout the country. In 2004, President Lula da
Silva and his party created a commission to look
into more fully regulating the sector. Under new
proposals, tax income made from the industry
would have been designated to combat poverty.
There was also evidence to suggest that the
government was also paving the way for other
types of gambling.
But just as the government was considering new
legislation, Brazil was hit by one of the largest
political scandals in its history. In 2004 proof of
corruption in the bingo industry came in the form of
an undercover video. Filmed two years earlier it
showed the then head of the State Lottery of Rio de
Janeiro, Waldomiro Diniz, soliciting a bribe from
well known illegal gambling boss and numbers
runner, Carlos Ramos.
This led to a number of other revelations which
showed that criminals, who had made their
fortunes running numbers, had not only become
involved in the bingo industry, but they were also
found to be bribing members of the Worker’s Party
(da Silva’s party) and other high ranking
government officials in return for stays of closure
and influence.
Consequently, the government was forced to take
urgent action. Every single bingo hall was closed by
President Lula da Silva under Provisional Measure
168/04. Bingo workers took to the streets in protest
all over the country and two and a half months
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Brazil
later the act was declared unconstitutional by the
Brazilian Senate. In 2007 the Supreme Court
declared that all licences handed out by local
governments were void.
However, the majority of bingo halls have been able
to remain open under stays of closure granted to
them by local courts and have remained open in a
legal limbo while around 100,000 gambling
machines in Brazil remains operational. At the
same time illegal bingo halls continue to thrive.
Since 2014, a number of attempts have been made
to regulate the industry but none have succeeded.
Bingo owners, who had gone bankrupt, have been
demanding that the government provide them with
compensation, and the Brazilian Association of
Bingos has made a number of formal requests in
court on behalf of the owners demanding that they
receive compensation.
Bingo owners, who had gone
bankrupt, have been demanding
that the government provide
them with compensation, and
the Brazilian Association of
Bingos has made a number of
formal requests in court.
The fight for changes to Brazil’s gaming laws has
not, however, been limited to bingo hall owners and
a number of Congressmen want to see major
changes to Brazil’s gaming landscape. Proposals to
allow bingo halls are often part of much wider
legislation which seek to open up the gaming
market. Since 2004, more than ten bills have been
out forward some of which would open the market
while others seek to tighten the restriction on bingo
halls and gambling altogether.
Those in favour of liberalising the market claim that
the government is losing out on huge amounts of
tax revenue while illegal gaming continues to grow
unchecked. However the topic is so highly charged
that there has been a marked unwillingness to
tackle the issue head on.
Despite these setbacks the outlook looked positive
in November, 2009 when legislators who were
allied with the new government of Dilma Vana
Rousseff put forward proposals that were quite
similar to the suspended legislation of 2004. Under
the new bill, slot machines and bingo games would
have to return 70 per cent of the stake back to the
player and 14 per cent of gaming tax revenue would
be destined for the health sector. It was estimated
that a more closely regulated industry would
generate US$4bn in gaming tax revenue per year
and money generated from the bingo halls and slot
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parlors would be designated to fight poverty and
improve the health sector. It was believed that
Rousseff was in support of such measures.
New legislation was then put forward in
December. But the law was ultimately rejected, by
a majority of 212 to 144, under accusations that the
industry had illegally sought influence among
members of the Lower House and claims that
bingos in Brazil were used for money laundering
and only added to the problems of organised crime.
Matters have not been helped by the fact that the
issue still remains highly charged. Although
Ramos, who was implicated in the scandal in 2004,
was never convicted police continued to investigate
him. In 2012 it was revealed that via wire taps police
had found that Ramos had remained connected to
politicians and construction companies, some of
which had been granted state contracts to build
facilities ahead of the upcoming 2016 Olympics.
As a result of this investigation, the Brazilian High
Court blocked the assets of Ramos and another six
of his business associates. Meanwhile, a Senate
committee was formed to look into the infiltration of
criminal gangs into both houses of Congress.
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Brazil is the fifth largest country in the
world and has the second highest
number of airports after the US.
Eight of the 12 host cities for the 2014
FIFA World Cup in Brazil are among the
50 most violent cities in the world.
Brazilian prisoners can reduce their
sentence by 4 days for every book they
read and write a report about. 92 per
cent of all new cars sold in Brazil use
ethanol as fuel, which is produced from
sugar cane.
The largest population of catholics in
the world is in Brazil: 213 million or 64
per cent of its population.
Apple’s iPhone is almost twice as
expensive in Brazil than it is in the US.
Shortfall in taxes generated by
Brazil’s struggling economy has
prompted the government to cut
budgets and raise taxes. In
September the government
unveiled a US$7bn package of
spending cuts after the
government announced that its
economy fell into recession.
However undeterred another attempt to regulate
the industry came in 2014 when Senator Ciro
Nogueira, put forward legislation that would
authorise the animal game, casinos, bingo halls and
betting around the country. The law would put stiff
penalties in place for non compliance including jail
terms.
online industry and the land based industry.
Arguing that Brazil now remains one of the very
few member nations of the United Nations who do
not allow gambling, the bill was submitted to the
Committee on Regional Tourism Development in
the Senate.
Brazil’s Crisis anD new measures
According to Senator Ciro Nogueira a state
regulated gambling industry would increase tax
revenues, create jobs and promote wealth. The
purpose of the bill was to “legalise what today
exists even if it is hidden,” and the bill seeks to
establish clear rules when it comes to both the
While it was initially believed that Senator Ciro
Nogueira’s law would in all likelihood languish in
the committee stage for several years there could
be fundamental changes to Brazil’s gaming law.
Indeed events are now moving at a fast pace with
Brazil closer than ever to allowing gaming. This
was after breaking news in September that Brazil
could legalise gambling in order to raise money and
help weather the recession. A move is also under
foot to push forward Senator Nogueira’s law as a
matter of urgency in the Senate.
Shortfall in taxes generated by Brazil’s struggling
economy has prompted the government of Dilma
Rousseff to cut budgets and raise taxes. In
September the government unveiled a US$7bn
package of spending cuts after the government
announced that its economy fell into recession,
shrinking 2.6 percent from a year ago.
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In September Rousseff and several cabinet
ministers met with party leaders from the alliance
to see if new proposals which would allow for
gaming in Brazil would have their approval
according to statements made later by a number of
lawmakers to local media.
According to the Deputy Domingos Neto, the
government could also permit online gaming as
during the meeting the President highlighted the
fact that currently Brazilians use international
credit cards in order to gamble via offshore betting
sites and leave no resources for the government.
Legislators said, however, that the project could
face fierce resistance from Deputies and Senators
with ties to the church but, but agreed to consult
their constituents. The proposals would mean
fundamental changes to Brazil’s gaming laws and
could allow for the operation of bingo halls, large
scale casino resorts, sports betting and could allow
for other types of gambling as well.
Pressure has continued to mount and a month later
in October Senator Benedito de Lira asked for the
Senate’s approval for Senator Noguiera’s 2014 law.
Speaking in a plenary session, the Senator asked
for the approval of Senate Bill 186/2014, arguing
that in times of crisis and due to lack of resources,
the regulation of gambling in Brazil could
significantly increase tax generated by the state.
Among the benefits of regulation, he said were the
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In September Rousseff and
several cabinet ministers met
with party leaders from the
alliance to see if new proposals
which would allow for gaming in
Brazil would have their approval
according to statements made
later by a number of lawmakers
to local media.
promotion of tourism, an increased investment in
infrastructure, job creation and increased tax
collection. Benedito said he had submitted a
proposal to President Dilma Rousseff and had
carried out an informal consultation with members
of both houses. The majority of respondents were
in favour of the idea, he said.
During the debate Senator Ciro Nogueira reinforced
Senator Benedito’s arguments, noting that for every
three reals, two reals are played illegally. The
author of the proposal also said that the project
may be included in the list of matters including in
Brazil Agenda a wide sweeping set of proposals
designed to stave off the current political crisis.
Casinos
Casinos remain illegal under the terms of the
Criminal Contravention Act which bans in general
terms gaming in Brazil. In 2008 there was an
attempt to introduce measures which would have
seen six casinos in tourist zones while the opening
of any other casinos would be restricted for another
five years. The law after being introduced to The
Commission of Economic Development, Industry
and Commerce of the House of Representatives in
Brazil did not make it through the committee stage.
Legislation which would allow casinos was also
introduced in 2014 by Senator Ciro Nogueira as part
of the legislation which would have allowed for an
expansion in the market. According to the draft
proposals, casinos would be able to offer a full raft
of casinos games. Licences would be valid for
twenty years and casinos must hire preferably local
workers.
the animal game anD new legislation
One of the key issues in Brazilian gaming industry
is the jogo de bicho or animal game which was at
the very heart of the Mensalao scandal. It could
also herald major changes in the industry should
the government take the bold step of legalising the
game.
The animal game was founded in 1892 by Baron
Drummond Joao Batista Viana, founder and owner
of Rio de Janeiro Zoo. To overcome a crisis in its
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finances, the baron had the idea to create the
lottery and allowed the bettor to choose 1 of the 25
animals in the zoo. Each species is associated with
a sequence of four numbers ranging between 1 and
100. It is believed that the game is so popular today
that it matches the federal lottery in terms of
revenue.
Today the game is worth billions of dollars each
year. The game is particularly popular in Rio de
Janeiro where it is currently controlled by
clandestine and criminal organisations, whose
leaders, known as’ bicheiros’- usually finance the
impressive and world famous Carnival parades.
The lottery-type drawing, operated on a regional
basis by criminals known as contraventores, has
been illegal since 1946 in 25 of the 26 states with
Paraiba being the only state where the game is legal
and regulated.
The Animal Game is still cause for major concern in
Brazil and continues to regularly make headlines.
In 2012 Brazilian newspaper Globo, revealed that
local police forces were investigating the links
between numbers runners and their connection to
casinos in Argentina, Ecuador and Uruguay. Local
police sources revealed that criminal gangs that run
the animal game had formed alliances with other
criminal groups based in Israel and Russia that
specialised in money laundering and tax evasion.
The gangs were thought to have been targeting
countries in Latin America where casinos are legal.
There’s a colony in Brazil founded by 2,000-4,000 Confederate refugess who left the US after
losing the Civil War.
About 4 million slaves were taken from Africa to Brazil, about 40 per cent of all in the Americas.
Brazil was the only independent South American country to send ground troops to fight in
WWII, with over 25,000 soldiers.
In 2010, a clown called Tiririca announced he would run for congress in Brazil. He became the
most-voted-for congressman of the election.
Brazil’s government spent US$53m in public funds for Pope Francis’ visit in 2013.
In 2013, the world’s 7th richest person, Brazilian Eike Batista, lost his US$30bn fortune and
now owes US1bn.
In Brazil, just 43 per cent of adults have a high school degress. In Sweden the figure is 87 per
cent.
There is an island in Brazil where civilians are forbidden to go. It has up to five snales per sq.m.
A special committee in the
Brazilian Congress has now
been charged with reviewing
proposed legalisation which
would legalise the animal game.
The act, read by Deputy Vitor
Valim (PMDB-CE), at its
meeting on June 2 this year,
creates a special committee to
consider the proposal.
Last year the government also launched a major
crackdown on the game across several states called
Operação Trevo (Operation Shamrock). According
to police sources, the gang had been active in 13
states and the scheme involved the both the animal
game and illegal slot machines. Police sources
estimated that the organisation handled
approximately $R1.5bn in assets. The arrests were
the culmination of a nine month investigation into
illegal gaming in Brazil. Arrests of those involved in
the animal game have continued apace this year
with arrests and raids continuing along with
confiscation of equipment in states all across
Brazil.
A special committee in the Brazilian Congress has
now been charged with reviewing proposed
legalisation which would legalise the animal game.
The act, read by Deputy Vitor Valim (PMDB-CE), at
its meeting on June 2 this year, creates a special
committee to consider the proposal and contains
other clauses which would also legalise bingos and
casinos in resorts.
The cross party commission, which was established
at the initiative of the President of the Lower
House, Eduardo Cunha, is made up of 26
lawmakers. They have 40 sessions in order to
discuss draft law number 442 which dates back to
1991, before a vote is taken.
When the law was first introduced in 1991, the
author of the project, former deputy Renato Vianna
argued that the animal game should be
decriminalised, so that it could be regulated saying
that the game finances “crimes such as arms and
drug trafficking drugs and illegal slot machines. It is
also a powerful instrument of corruption, as crime
lords use it to bribe police and lawyers.” The act,
however, was shelved before being resurrected
over twenty years later. Deputies arguing for
change today say that the act is more relevant than
ever and that revenue generated by a legalised
version of the game could be allocated to
municipalities where it could be used for education
and health.
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The re introduction of the law was initially put
forward in March by Representative Nelson
Marquezelli, who said he wanted to discuss “all of
Brazil’s games” to regulate them and get them out
of the control of the “underworld.” A long-time
advocate of legalising gambling the lawmaker
pointed out that Brazil was losing out on millions of
dollars of tax and also added that he wanted to end
the monopoly of CAIXA (Brazil’s state owned bank)
on gaming, “The first world countries all have
gaming. If Brazil wants to be a first world country, it
needs to be equipped for this,” he said.
The re introduction of the law
was put forward by Nelson
Marquezelli: “The first world
countries all have gaming. If
Brazil wants to be a first world
country, it needs to be equipped
for this,” he said.
In addition to legalising the animal game, the
special committee will have to consider other
projects that have now been joined to the original
text. Consequently although the debate revolves
around primarily the legalisation of the animal
game the debate goes much further. A total of eight
proposals are now attached to the project which
would liberalise the market and relate to casinos,
bingo halls, sports betting and online gaming.
in Brazil. Through the internet, you can bet and
transfer funds online. . . Therefore, it is time for the
National Congress to overcome hypocrisy, discuss
the matter and regulate gaming in the most
appropriate way to meet their entertainment and
leisure purposes, and which could contribute
resources to finance social welfare programmes,”
she said.
One of the amendments was presented on May 8 by
Congresswoman Renata Abreu. The new text would
grant the federal government with the right to allow
bingos and other types of gambling. Mrs Renata
Abreu argued that “The animal game is a social fact
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Another proposal put forward by Darci Pompeo de
Mattos, which also comes as an addendum to the
Renato Vianna bill, would establish the creation of
a municipal lottery. The lottery would be run by
the municipalities themselves or by means of a
concession to private companies. Fifty per cent of
revenues for the new game would be used for heath
and for education.
lotteries
In Brazil the largest state owned bank runs lotteries
while a number of state lotteries are still also
permitted. The Federal Lottery was set up in Brazil
as a monopoly in 1961. Caixa Econômica Federal,
known locally as CAIXA, is the biggest public bank
in Latin America. In the first quarter of 2015, CAIXA’s
customer base reached 80.2 million of account
holders and savers, an increase of 8.7 per cent in 12
months and 2.3 per cent in relation to the latest
quarter of 2014.
In addition to Caixa, states are also permitted to
operate their own state lotteries and they outsource
running of the operators to outside companies.
Products run by the state lottery of Minas Gerais, for
example, are run by Intralot. Only 15 states are
authorized to run lotteries but out of these states,
only Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Paraíba,
Pernambuco and Mato Grosso operate them. The
largest are the lotteries of Rio de Janeiro and Minas
Gerais.
The CAIXA run federal lotteries are among the 12
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This is an increase of 18.5 per cent compared to
2013. Of this amount US$2.4bn was channelled to a
wide array of social welfare programmes and
US$1.8bn was handed out in prizes. With MegaSena sales alone standing at around US$290m a
year, the Brazilian lottery is hugely powerful and is
a major contributor to social welfare schemes.
According to CAIXA’s latest annual report from
2009 until 2015 more than US$9.4bn were
distributed into investments in such undertakings
as social security, sports, education, public safety
and culture.
Around half of the income generated by CAIXA run
lotteries is ploughed back into Brazilian society and
is channelled to its beneficiaries. Sports funding is
managed through the Ministry of Sports, the
Brazilian Olympic Committee and the Brazilian
Paralympic Committee. Education, through the
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The CAIXA lottery sales network
is extremely well developed and
extensive and encompasses the
entire territory. In Brazil there are
a total of 45,333 CAIXA lottery
shop terminals which register an
average of 13.7 million
transactions per day.
Financing Fund for the Higher Education Student
(FIES). Security, through the National Prison
Funding (FUNPEN); Culture, via the National
Culture Fund (FNC), while almost half is put back
into the social security system.
From the amounts collected in the lotteries
portfolio in the first quarter of 2015, approximately
R$1.0bn were transferred to social programs from
the federal government in areas of social security,
sport, culture, public safety, education and health.
18.8 per cent was destined for national sport. 8.2
per cent went to the penitentiary fund. 7.7 per cent
went to the national cultural fund. 0.1 per cent went
to the national health fund. 45.9 per cent went to
social security fund and 19.3 per cent went to
financing student programmes.
The CAIXA lottery sales network is extremely well
developed and extensive and encompasses the
entire territory. In Brazil there are a total of 45,333
CAIXA lottery shop terminals which register an
average of 13.7 million transactions per day. These
include lottery and non-lottery related
transactions. There are now 35,000 service outlets
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considered hazardous on a California beach.
There’s a prison in Brazil that allows inmates to pedal stationary bicycles, providing electricity
to a nearby city in exchange for reduced sentences.
In Brazil, just 43 per cent of adults have a high school degress. In Sweden the figure is 87 per
cent.
Half of the Top 20 cities in the world with the highest murder rates are in Brazil.
stood at R$ 2.7bn and sales increased steadily in
2014. Total annual inflow reached US$5bn in 2014,
an increase of 18.55 percent compared to sales in
2013. Sales for Quina, Lotogol and Loto Fácil
increased by 32.5 per cent, 27.0 per cent and 11.9
per cent, for the first quarter of 2015 respectively
compared to the same period last year. Timemania
has also shown a surge in popularity. Timemania
was designed so that it would raise US$250m in
order to aid cash strapped football clubs. Although
slow to start off with revenues made from the game
are rising and Timemania registered the sharpest
annual growth in 2014, with expansion of 68.7 per
cent compared to 2013.
Timemania was designed so
that it would raise US$250m in
order to aid cash strapped
football clubs. Although slow to
start, revenues are rising and
Timemania registered the
sharpest annual growth in 2014,
with expansion of 68.7 per cent
compared to 2013.
Caixa’s ten lottery proDuCts
nationwide including 13,251 lottery shops.
Brazilians can also pick up benefit cheques at
lottery offices and carry out basic banking services
giving lottery outlets greater appeal.
For now betting on CAIXA’s products is limited to its
internet banking system.
However, plans are underway to offer all of its
products online so that the entire federal lotteries
portfolio will be available on virtual channels
including Smartphones and tablets. Online
availability of lotteries is now being developed as a
priority and it is hoped that once in effect that it
will attract a wide number of newer players and
should have appeal especially amongst those who
are not in the habit of visiting lottery shops.
In the first quarter of 2015, CAIXA lottery revenue
CAIXA’s most popular product is the Mega Sena.
Drawn twice a week it prizes are awarded to those
who chose four or five numbers from a total of 60.
The minimum bet is on 6 numbers and today a
ticket costs US$ 0.94. Mega Sena reported growth
of 31.6 per cent in 2014. Rising from US$
1,786,497,357.62 in 2013 to US$ 2,351,831,129.01 in
2014. These figures were helped by the fact that the
government allowed a hike in the minimum cost of
a ticket from US$ 0.75 to US$ 0.94 in May.
Dupla Sena allows players to pick 6-15 numbers
from 50. The numbers are drawn twice doubling
the chances for the player to win with the same
numbers. In order to win a prize, the player must
correctly select four, five or six numbers in either
the first or second drawing. The Dupla Sena is held
every Tuesday and Friday and the minimum bet is
six numbers, with a cost of just US$ 0.38. Sales
decreased by 3.3 per cent in 2014 from
US$128,277,024.19 in 2013 to US$ 124,086,584.53 in
2014.
The Federal lottery offers five major prizes per
draw and is dawn twice a week. The Federal lottery
is the oldest and most traditional of the CAIXA
lotteries and offers the highest chance of winning
the first prize: one chance out of 95,000. Sales
increased by 3.5 per cent in 2014 from US$
106,053,603.90 in 2013 to US$ 109,775,174.15 in
2014.
CAIXA has also introduced a number of sports
themed lotteries. Loteca which is based around
football and allows players to guess on the
outcomes of fourteen matches is drawn once a
week. Sales increased by 9.8 per cent from US$
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33,651,056.11 in 2013 to US$ 36,962,624.39 in 2014.
Another football themed game is LotoGol which
allows the player to bet on the number of goals a
football team will score in five matches. Sales
increased by 24.2 per cent from US$ 4,960,657.14 in
2013 to US$ 6,161,922.38 in 2014.
Its most high profile sports betting lottery game is
Timemania which is based around the theme of
local football clubs. Money raised from the game
are used to help football clubs pay tax debts and
CAIXA transfers resources directly to each one of
the creditors every month for this purpose. Sales
increased by 68.7 per cent from US$ 94,891,866.94
in 2013 to US$ 160,133,660.88 in 2014.
LotoFacil allows the player to choose 15 to 18
numbers, from 25. Winners receive a payout if they
choose 11, 12, 13, 14 or 15 of the correct numbers. It is
held three times a week. Sales increased by 10.9 per
cent increasing from US$ 1,125,274,177.42 in 2013 to
US$ 1,247,747,808.26 in 2014.
Lotomania allows the player to choose 50
numbers. Drawings are held on Wednesdays and
Saturdays. Sales decreased by 8.2 per cent from
US$ 230,371,221.32 in 2013 to US$ 211,447,369.09 in
2014.
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Quina, meanwhile, allows the player to choose 5, 6
or 7 numbers from 80 with payouts on 3, 4 or 5
numbers. The game is held six times a week. Sales
increased by 6 per cent from US$ 730,740,963.65 in
2013 to US$ 774,586,696.19 in 2014.
Instantanea are instant tickets and these too are
becoming increasingly popular. Sales for instants
increased by 26.5 per cent increasing from US$
56,935,494.84 in 2013 to US$ 72,107,753.34 in 2014.
sports Betting
Brazil offers a huge and as yet untapped market
when it comes to sports betting. One of the reasons
behind the huge popularity of online sports betting
in Brazil is that there is no bricks and mortar
solution in place to meet demand because of the
1947 act. As a result sports enthusiasts have no
choice but to turn to offshore betting sites.
Sports betting remains banned under Brazil’s
gaming laws and the only legalised form of sports
betting (apart from a small number of Codere horse
race betting shops) is via lottery type games offered
by CAIXA. This is nowhere near enough to meet
demand and Brazilians have been tuning to
offshore gambling sites in increasing numbers.
Although online gambling is currently banned in
Brazil it is estimated that Brazilians gamble
Local daily Folha de Sao Paulo
reported that the Ministry of
Sports had commissioned a
study into the issue which found
that in 2011 Brazilian sports
betting turnover made via
offshore sports betting sites
amounted to a massive
US$300m on Brazilian sports.
US$600m a year via offshore sports betting sites.
The issue became increasingly pressing ahead of
last year’s World Cup where it was believed that
the government could have given the green light for
some expansion of sport betting online but no
action was taken on the issue although it did raise
the profile of sports betting in the media. The
government is also showing increasing awareness
and the issue has in recent years been considered
by a number of government bodies including the
Ministry of Sport, the Ministry of Finance and the
Brazilian Lottery (CAIXA).
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managed by Caixa. Under the proposal, 16 per cent
of the proceeds would be allocated for investment
in sports in primary schools.
According to the proposals money generated by
online football betting would be destined for the
government and for football clubs so that they
could pay off their debts. However the vote on the
issue was suspended in an increasingly
acrimonious debate. The commission tried four
times to approve the proposals but the fourth
attempt was suspended due to a lack of quorum
and a lack of consensus on the issue.
As a result so far the government response to the
issue reflects the somewhat conservative mood of
the country with a tendency to keep the 1946 ban
in place. As a result while the market seems to be
opening up it is only opening up slowly and the
sports betting offer is still extremely limited. It is
believed that for now that sports betting could be
expanded but will be limited short term to CAIXA
products. This is a far less controversial solution
than green lighting sports betting via the internet or
in bookmakers.
Apart from lottery based sports games the
government has been looking at ways to regulate
the online and land based markets. In November
2011 it was revealed that the government was
looking into allowing sports betting via the internet
and sports betting shops.
Local daily Folha de Sao Paulo reported that the
Ministry of Sports had commissioned a study into
the issue which found that in 2011 Brazilian sports
betting turnover made via offshore sports betting
sites amounted to a massive US$300m on Brazilian
sports.
In June 2012 the issue came up for debate in a
public hearing held by the Commission for Tourism
and Sports of the House of Representatives. This
time the impetus came from the state of football
club finances. Under current laws Brazilian soccer
clubs cannot take advantage of the growing online
sports betting industry even though millions of
dollars are bet locally on the outcome of Brazilian
football matches. As such a number of lawmakers
stated that the opening up of online sports betting
could be a way for clubs to generate much needed
revenue.
The Legal Studies Committee within the Sports
Ministry has also looked at the creation of an
agency to regulate sports betting while the Finance
Ministry has also in the past looked at legislation
which would liberalise the market. However, for
now it looks like lawmakers generally speaking
favour plans where they would grant the Brazilian
state lottery the right to offer sports betting via
contract with an operator or would develop sports
betting in house. Indeed the Brazilian Lottery could
well be key to the future of sports betting in Brazil
and according to some proposals could be the only
body which will be allowed to offer online sports
betting in the future.
The latest development came in May 2015 when
the special committee of the House, which is
responsible for strengthening the Program of
Olympic Sports, met to try to adopt text that would
create the Fiscal Responsibility Law of Sports. The
project includes, among other things, the
legalisation of online betting on football matches.
Proponent of the law Deputy Otavio Leite argued
that the main aim of the law was to prevent tax
evasion in the country. According to the deputy, a
study by the FGV (Getulio Vargas Foundation)
shows that Brazil loses R$600m a year in bets on
foreign websites. According to the draft proposals,
bets would be permitted during Brazilian
Championship matches such as, the Brazilian Cup
The first new lottery will be an
instant called Lotex and will be
based around the theme of local
football clubs. Seven per cent of
revenue will be destined to
sports in schools while three per
cent will go directly to Brazilian
football clubs.
The first product aimed to help football clubs was
Timemania which is now the fastest growing
CAIXA lottery product in Brazil. Timemania was
designed so that it would raise US$250m in order to
aid cash strapped football clubs. In July 2015 the
senate passed a new law which will allow for two
new sports betting lotteries. Once again the new
products are designed specifically to raise revenues
for football clubs and will go into effect once
President Dilma Rousseff signs the new act.
The first new lottery will be an instant called Lotex
and will be based around the theme of local football
clubs. Of its total revenue, 10 per cent will be
earmarked for projects related to school sports
while 2.7 per cent will go to the football clubs. The
other product is a quiniela sports game based on
the results on local football matches and other
sporting events. Seven per cent of revenue will be
destined to sports in schools while three per cent
will go directly to Brazilian football clubs.
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Brazil
The law sets a deadline of 20 years in 240 monthly
instalments for payment of debts. In return for
lower interest rates and a reduction in fines football
clubs must agree to commit to good management
practices in the future as set down by the new act.
The new lottery games will be overseen by the
Ministry of Sports and its prizes are exempt from
income taxes. The new sport based quinela game
will be in all likelihood operated by CAIXA.
Meanwhile, private operators will be granted the
right to offer the football based instants Lotex.
horse raCing
Like many jurisdictions in Latin America Brazilian
horse racing is in decline. The golden age for the
industry came between the 1950’s and 1980’s but
the industry has for years been losing out in the
face of other types of gambling such as lotteries and
bookmakers. Moreover, from the time that the
races began to be televised, the public began to stop
going to the racetracks. Nationwide annual
membership to horse racing clubs has declined by
as much as three times since the mid 1990’s. Today
horse racing is no longer covered in the sports
pages of many top selling newspapers as Brazilians
The Jockey Club de São Paulo
was founded in 1875. In 2010
the government threatened to
turn the track into a national
park if the track was unable to
pay its tax debts. In 2010 it was
estimated that the debt
amounted to around three times
its annual gross income.
become more interested in other sports such as
football. They can also bet on a wider arrange of
lottery products made available to them by CAIXA.
Although extremely small scale when compared to
the size of Brazil and its population the last ten
years has seen small some improvements in the
industry with some cause for optimism in recent
years. Although clubs in some case have had to sell
off assets in order to pay off debts they have
managed to survive and their global potential is
only now being tapped into via recent agreements
to simulcast Brazilian races worldwide. In addition
tracks as are being used as venues for other
entertainment options such as art exhibitions and
concerts due to their central location as is the case
for The Jockey Club de São Paulo.
There are a number of recent developments on the
way which look likely to revitalise the industry
further, namely the commingling of Brazilian horse
racing with international horse race activity.
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Through a number of agreements Brazilian race
tracks are now being broadcast live around the
world commingling local races into single pools
betting which means that the industry could
benefit from modern, global pari-mutuel industry
standards. And those outside of Brazil can now bet
directly on the outcomes of Brazilian horse racing
for the first time.
Jockey Clubs own racing tacks and are responsible
for running them whereby each track is granted a
licence to offer horse race betting in betting shops
in the area in which they are licensed. Nationwide
there are now over one hundred and fifty betting
shops which are officially recognised by the
Brazilian Jockey Club and there are now four
tracks nationwide. The sales volume stand at
around US$193m, while estimations of Codere put
the potential market at US$542m. Of the R$1bn
that racehorses generate a year in revenues, the
stakes represent R$600m. The remaining R$400m
come from animal husbandry, trade and auctions.
Besides the Jockey Club de São Paulo, the main
racecourses are Gavea in Rio de Janeiro, Cristal in
Porto Alegre, and the Tarumã rack in Curitiba.
The Jockey Club de São Paulo was founded in 1875.
Races take place on Saturdays and Sundays and on
Monday. The track has gone through an extremely
turbulent time and in 2010 the government
threatened to turn the track into a national park if
the track was unable to pay its tax debts. In 2010 it
was estimated that the tax debt faced by the Jockey
Club amounted to around three times the annual
gross income generated by horse racing at the track.
But the track managed to renegotiate its debt and
agree to a repayment package with the
government. After being badly managed for so
many years the track has finally managed to reduce
the debt and has paid off around 80 per cent,
leaving 20 per cent to be normalised.
This was after the track agreed to sell off large parts
of its property specifically a farm in order to offset
Report
Sul, José Vecchio told press that the move follows
the global trend of simulcasting races and that in
the long term the club hopes to incorporate races
from its tracks into the international market.
Meanwhile, André Gelfi CEO of Codere Brazil said
that the launch follows international standards in
place by the global industry and that bets can be
taken over the telephone, over the internet and via
off track betting shops
The Hipódromo do Tarumã racetrack in Curitibo
was inaugurated on December 10, 1955 and is run
by the The Jockey Club of Parana. In February
Codere announced an exclusive joint agreement
with the Jockey Club Parana to share its signal with
other racing jurisdictions on a comingled basis,
including the United States, Australia, Asia, and
other Latin countries.
Spanish Gaming Company Codere has 10-year
exclusivity agreements with some of the main
national Jockey Clubs through licences granted by
the Ministry of Agriculture allowing the company
to broadcast races live in the company’s sports
betting shops. Codere began its operations in Brazil
in 2005 with a proposal to develop horse racing.
Under brand name Turff Bet & Sports Bar Codere in
2006 announced its intention to open thirty sports
betting shops in Brazil over the next ten years. The
company now runs a total of seven sports betting
shops in Brazil. These are located in Pelotas, Porte
Alegre, Rio de Janiero and Curitiba. In 2012,
CODERE signed an agreement with United Tote
that enables the company to extend its services to
Brazil and Latin America racetracks, as well as to
its off-track betting network throughout the entire
region. In 2014 Codere reported income of €2.8m
and EBITDA of €(0.4)m from its horse race betting
operations in Brazil.
poker
the debt of R$2017m it owed the city government.
In 2013, CODERE signed an agreement with the
Jockey Club São Paulo and Bandeirantes Group in
order to provide content and technological services
to the Jockey Club in São Paulo.
inaugurated in 1959. Earlier this year the Rio
Grande do Sul Jockey Club in Brazil announced the
launch of a totalising system that allows the
simultaneous transmission of horse racing in Brazil
and Uruguay with real-time interaction.
The Hipódromo da Gávea is located in Gávea
neighbourhood, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It has a
capacity of 80,000. It was built in 1926. It has 3,000
seats. It is the largest racecourse in Brazil and
covers an area of around 640,000 meters. Horse
races are usually held Friday, Saturday, Sunday and
Monday. It is the largest horse race betting centre in
the country. However between 2002 and 2009 the
volume of bets fell by as much as 30 per cent. As a
result the Jockey club has opened up a number of
restaurants and galleries to attract crowds.
The new system will allow customers to bet into
one common betting system from either Uruguay
or Brazil. The new system will link betting from
races taking place in the Cristal Race Course in
Porto Alegre and with those from the Maroñas and
Las Piedras racetracks in Uruguay.
The Hipodromo Crystal (Crystal Racecourse) is
located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in the city
of Porto Alegre Brazil, where 60 per cent of the
Brazilian breeding industry is located. It was first
The initiative marks an important moment in the
Brazilian horse racing industry as for the first time
in history two gaming markets in Latin America
will be integrated through a totalizing system
which places both tracks in Uruguay and the
Cristal Race Course into a single system of parimutuel simulcasting.
The President of the Jockey Club of Rio Grande do
Around 2 million Brazilians practice poker online.
Poker is becoming increasingly popular and is
recognised by the Ministry of Sports as a “game of
the mind”. As a result the number of tournaments is
increasing as they are given permission by the
Brazilian Ministry of Sport. Growth has been driven
in part by the Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP), the
country’s biggest poker tour, which was sponsored
by PokerStars in 2012, initiating the beginning of a
major marketing campaign locally. Brazilian player
Politano became the first Brazilian player in history
to reach the final table World Series of Poker Main
Event last year coming in at eighth place which has
added to the overall popularity of the sport.
Poker is also being provided with an increasingly
high profile media presence thanks to two football
players in particular. Ronaldo is a keen player of
the sport and in April 2013 he became one of the
famous faces representing Team PokerStars. Poker
is also being promoted by Brazilian football captain
and PokerStars ambassador Neymar Junior.
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Although online gambling is
currently banned in Brazil it is
estimated that Brazilians
gamble around US$600m a
year via offshore sports betting
sites. Today it is estimated that
about 8.7 million Brazilians play
some form of online gambling.
It was also announced that at the end this year that
BSOP will team up with The Latin American Poker
Tour (LAPT) to host the end of this year’s Latin
American Poker Tour in São Paulo. The BSOP
Millions is the largest and most popular poker
tournament in Latin America.
Igor Federal, Chief Executive Officer of the BSOP
said in a statement: “The BSOP Millions and the
LAPT Grand Final are the two most important live
poker events in Latin America. The region has seen
a massive increase in player numbers in recent
years, with the BSOP reporting a 218 per cent
increase in tournament entries since last year.
Bringing together the two tours means that we can
combine our efforts to create one amazing festival,
and we are expecting record numbers of players.”
online
Although online gambling is currently banned in
Brazil it is estimated that Brazilians gamble around
US$600m a year via offshore sports betting sites.
Today it is estimated that about 8.7 million
Brazilians play some form of online gambling. The
Brazilian market for online betting, generated in
2013, about R $1.8bn. It is estimated that, in 2014,
this reached R$ 2.2bn. Social casino gaming in
Brazil is becoming increasingly popular which
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could translate to real money games should Brazil
eventually green light online gaming. The payment
industry is also maturing
While online gaming has grown there have been a
number of moves in both the Senate and House of
Representatives to ban online gambling outright. In
February 2011 Congressman and long standing
opponent of gambling Luiz Carlos Hauly,
announced the creation of Bill 57, which would
have prohibited “the placing of bets on sporting
event in nature via the internet” along similar lines
to restrictions similar to that as enacted in the
Unites States under the Unites States Unlawful
Gambling Internet Enforcement Act of 1996.
Crucially, it also led to a wider discussion on online
sports betting with a number of Congressmen
stating that they were against the bill and instead
supported a regulated online sports betting
industry as it would raise much needed tax
revenue. The latest attempt in the Senate to ban
online gaming altogether came in 2012 when a
proposal, which had previously been put forward
in 2008 by Senator Magno Malta, was re
considered by a Senatorial Committee on Science
and Technology. The proposal would have blocked
credit card transactions with online betting sites
but in common with the majority of similar moves
it slowly lost momentum.
However since then government sponsored studies
have consistently proven that the government has
been losing out on millions in tax revenue and the
government has sought a more pragmatic approach
when it comes to the issue of online gaming.
As mentioned earlier in 2014 a bill put forward by
Brazilian Senator Ciro Nogueira sought to permit
online and land based gaming and would reflect
similar legislation in place in countries in Western
Europe. The bill seeks to establish clear rules when
it comes to both the online industry and proposed
opening up the land based industry as well.
Another recent proposal was put forward by Deputy
Vanderlei Sirach in April 2014. He proposed
legalising online gambling and presented studies
arguing that a regulated online gaming market could
yield up to R$15bn in taxes a year.
The passing of the Brazilian Internet Bill of Rights
which was passed in April 2014 could have a major
impact on the industry in the future. The bill made
all online transactions subject to Brazilian law and
gave the state the authority to block sites accused of
flouting local conventions. The bill sets to implement
restrictions on the use of unlicensed online gambling
and sports betting operators. This could give the
government more power when it comes to targeting
offshore operators and would give authorities the
right to block foreign websites.
It is widely believed that the bill could see the
implementation of future restrictions on
unauthorized operators. Restrictions could include
ISP blocking. Further sanctions would see Brazilian
banks impose blocks on payments to unlicensed
online gaming operators.
For now it is very hard to tell how the government
could use the new powers granted to them in the
new act when it comes to online gaming. However, a
cornerstone of the new act is that internet service
providers open to Brazilian customers are now
subject to Brazilian law.
While the law does not specify new rules for online
gambling in theory should the government choose to
take a tougher stance on online gambling then
authorities could access records of local users when
it comes to online betting and may choose to
prosecute them for going against local gambling
laws.
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COMTRADE GAMING
A Year in Review
Comtrade Gaming’s Ales Gornjec
summarises the year of gaming
technology that was 2015 and looks
ahead to the coming 12 months and
the next set of advances for the global
gaming industry
We are approaching the end of 2015. It is therefore
a good time to look back and reflect on the events
that have influenced the gaming industry the
most, and new technologies or products that were
introduced. Comtrade Gaming, a technology supplier to the industry, is trying to help our clients
modernise their environments and help in their
digital transformation journey. As a part of bigger
group that is also active in other industry segments, from finance, telco to data storage, we
have experienced that a lot of IT investments this
year have been driven by digital transformation
initiatives. The gaming industry – especially at
the big enterprise level where we usually operate
– has also started numerous initiatives to transform not only their IT, but their entire business.
The role of IT in the process is increasing its
importance as a strategic business infrastructure.
Comtrade Gaming is finishing one of the most successful years in our 15-year history. In 2014 we
were able to finalize some big new product
investments that then kept us very busy with customer implementations in 2015. Our strategy to
focus on areas where we excel has, in one way,
limited the portfolio of our products, but in others
improved our solutions on the platform side.
We get a specific view of the gaming industry and
its current and future development through our
focus on providing open gaming platforms. It
seems that the technology innovations that are
progressively changing the way we consume
other products are now also penetrating the gam5 6
ing industry. Players might still prefer to play slot
games that have been around for many decades,
but now they can consume this game via various
channels – slot machines, desktops, mobile
phones. Operators are now trying to make that
activity more integrated by offering the same
game content across all channels driven from one
central system that manages a single player
account.
Our business is built around three levels of gaming platforms that help operators run their business. Firstly, ‘iCore, The Enterprise Gaming
Platform,’ which allows operators to differentiate
their offering by providing the option to choose
best-of-breed content and central management
of all player activities. Secondly, ‘sCore platforms,’ which operate by connecting terminals
from all leading EGM suppliers to a central server,
from where terminals can be monitored and configured in real time. Last but not least, we have
‘gCore,’ our game server platform that we use as
central system to implement and distribute games
across online, mobile, and server-based gaming
channels.
They are all already in production, with our
clients in Europe and Asia, and we are now
actively working on opening other markets.
The iCore platform, which enables centralized
management of all player activities and connects
various products, has been upgraded with a number of features. We are launching iCore 2.0 in
Ales Gornjec
General Manager,
Comtrade Gaming
Players might still prefer to
play slot games that have
been around for many
decades, but now they can
consume this game via
various channels – slot
machines, desktops, mobile
phones.
January 2016, and this will be the first major
upgrade after a very successful launch three
years ago. We invested a lot of time and effort into
performance and other technical improvements
to make the platform scalable for the largest
operators that accept several thousand bets pet
second. On the functional side, a lot of attention
was given to the sports betting side where we
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have added the new automated sports betting
bonusing. We started with gamification concepts
already last year when we released our ‘Universal
Free Spins’ that are now part of a bigger Award
Games suite, which are an extension of the iCore
Bonusing system. Award Games allow operators
to bonus their players in a form of engaging games
instead of a more traditional “match the deposit”
approach. Award Dice and Award Horses bonus
games are the first two running on the new
HTML5 game development kit with attractive
WebGL powered 3D animations based on a platform-driven physics engine.
We have also signed some strategic partnership
agreements that extend our portfolio of gaming
partners with some of the leading content
providers in the industry, such as: Blueprint and
OneWorks, which were very important for our
new Asian markets where we experienced the
biggest growth.
On the gCore – the Game server platform – side,
most of the new development was invested into a
mobile game development kit (gCore GDK) that
now supports a wider set of devices and features
and can be used for development of new games
that run both on mobile devices and on desktops.
gCore GDK was also extended with WebGL support, enabling the implementation of 3D games on
mobile phones.
On the land-based side, Comtrade Gaming offers
solutions for gaming machine management in
Trends are moving in the
direction of combining all
angles of the gaming industry
– mobile/online and landbased. Because of this, more
and more operators and
regulators are leaning towards
investing into advanced
technology.
both casino and distributed environments, combined with central solutions for player management, responsible gaming, and regulatory control.
All of our solutions were originally designed and
developed around Gaming Standard Association’s
G2S protocol, but were last year optimized and
extended with multi-protocol support to connect
legacy environments and distributed environments running on mobile networks like GPRS. All
variants of server-based gaming are supported
with random number or even game logic running
on a central system.
In the year of 2016 we intend to open new markets for our main products. Having comprehensive support for new requirements in regulated
markets like responsible gaming and central
monitoring, we are prepared for new markets
where regulators define more rigorous frameworks for operators. Being capable of integrating
support for both worlds – casino/retail and
online/mobile – we aim for operators that manage a full portfolio of products and channels, and
look into diverse, regulated markets across the
globe.
Modernisation of the gaming industry has always
given close scrutiny of regulators who often
slowed down certain innovations because they
could not follow the usually quite strict rules. But
no so long ago regulators began to help, or sometimes even formally adopt new requirements that
force operators and vendors to modernise their
still very traditional environments.
Trends are moving in the direction of combining
all angles of the gaming industry – mobile/online
and land-based. Because of this, more and more
operators and regulators are leaning towards
investing into advanced technology.
Comtrade Gaming is a part of the Comtrade
Group, a large company with over the 1,500
employees. Working in industries like telco and
finance, Comtrade has gained a strong expertise in
the IT markets that demand first class performance. We have transferred all this experience into
our gaming business and strengthened it with
gaming-specific expertise in both, the online and
land-based areas.
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IGT ONPREMISE INTERVIEW
Charles Cohen,
Vice President of
Mobile, iGt
A fascinating premise
Revealed for the first time at G2E Las Vegas, the OnPremise solution from IGT is an
all-encompassing omni-channel solution that links mobile to land-based casino floors. G3
speaks to Charles Cohen, IGT VP of Mobile, about the launch and future of IGT OnPremise
What is IGT OnPremise and how does it differ from
other omni-channel solutions on the market right
now?
Absolutely. There are now 2.5 billion millennials globally, and they’re the first generation to grow up in a
fully digital world.
IGT OnPremise is our complete solution for mobile that
extends the player’s gaming experience from the casino
floor to smartphones and tablets, within designated
boundaries such as a casino resort.
These digital natives prefer to experience the world
through their mobile phones and tablet devices.
Whether they’re communicating, shopping, viewing
content or playing games, the millennial generation
interacts primarily through mobile devices.
In recent years, IGT solutions have gone through a
transformation from cross-channel applications, to
omni-channel applications and now to fully integrated
mobile gaming. This development is about creating a
seamless and easy-to-use experience across all channels. It’s more than just being able to play a game across
different platforms; it’s about connecting the entire
experience for a player at a resort. This could include
introducing new games to play, providing various conveniences such as player rewards and redemption of
mobile wallets, and even going beyond a resort’s
boundaries with Play-for-Fun at home. OnPremise is
about a total connection that improves the whole gaming experience for players.
At G2E, Charles, you stated that IGT OnPremise
addresses the problem of attracting millennials to
play slots. Is the way to tap into the millennials
market through their mobile phones?
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Our own market research shows that 84 per cent of
casino visitors carry smartphones or tablets and players often check their phones between spins. In the
modern world, everything revolves around a player’s
device, so there needs to be a solution that keeps players, and their devices, inside the casino’s environment.
Players now expect more from their games, such as
social interaction, skill elements, videos and sounds
and personalisation. OnPremise delivers this and more.
Who is the target user of IGT OnPremise? Is it a
tool to attract new customers or an additional
asset for encouraging existing players to play
more? What’s the target age-group for IGT
OnPremise and is there a particular agegroup/player-profile most likely to play on their
mobile on-site?
“Features such as mobile
wallet, or the ability to pay
through rewards and
voucher redemptions via a
loyalty club, provide benefits
that a standard interactive
gaming platform is not able
to offer.”
The millennial generation – from roughly 18-35 years
old – will certainly be the age group that are most comfortable with the mobile and tablet capabilities of IGT
OnPremise.
However, as the solution is designed to encompass all
channels, there is a large amount of crossover between
the younger, mobile player and the typically older, traditional bricks-and-mortar casino customer. That’s the
strength of the product – it will help casinos to crosspollinate and engage players across all of their available channels.
We know that more than 90 percent of people, up to
the age of 65, have a mobile phone. We’re enabling our
customers to activate those potential new players, par-
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ticularly as older mobile users are now savvier than
ever with digital technology and catching up with the
younger age group quickly.
IGT OnPremise can both attract new players and
encourage current customers to engage more. We’re
making it easier than ever for players to access their
profiles, build relationships with operators and remain
active customers for longer.
Another important aspect of IGT OnPremise is the
introduction of mobile sports betting, and more specifically in-game betting, into the casino experience. It is a
massive draw for male users of all ages, in particular, so
its inclusion will increase overall appeal and playability
within casinos. In the last ten years, the amount
wagered on sports online has increased threefold, a figure that can’t be ignored.
Is IGT OnPremise primarily targeted at the US
market, where online/mobile gaming is restricted
so heavily? How would IGT OnPremise work in
Europe, for example, where players are used to
playing on their mobiles whatever the location?
IGT OnPremise is ideal for the US market, as it enables
land-based casinos to explore the benefits of interactive gaming within a tightly regulated space and
expand gaming revenues. Plus, you have the Play-forFun aspect incorporated which can be used effectively
in the US.
Elsewhere, it offers a versatile extension of the gaming
floor. Consider, for example, smokers in European or
international markets who want to continue playing
their games even when they are required to leave the
gaming area.
Features such as mobile wallet, or the ability to pay
through rewards and voucher redemptions via a loyalty
club, provide benefits that a standard interactive gaming platform is not able to offer.
“We know that more than
90 percent of people, up to the
age of 65, have a mobile
phone. We’re enabling our
customers to activate those
potential new players,
particularly as older mobile
users are now savvier than
ever with digital technology.”
IGT OnPremise is a global product and we’re receiving
interest from operators across all regulated markets.
How do you continue to incentivise a player when
IGT OnPremise switches to play-for-fun and virtual currency?
Play-for-Fun is a way of continuing to engage players.
The challenge for casino operators is keeping customers active within their location, which includes
both retail and online. OnPremise keeps that connection going when customers leave the property and go
home. It might be through a Play-for-Fun option that
earns points and rewards, which can then be redeemed
at a casino location, increasing footfall and encouraging
customers to return in the future.
There are also social aspects which keep people playing, such as tournaments, badges and the ability to
unlock games and features. Operators will also be able
to market directly to a customer’s device, which offers
huge potential in creating a direct conversation
between operator and customer.
How do you get the player to install the IGT
OnPremise App on their phone?
The key is to make it as easy as possible to get started.
Our ‘one touch’ design philosophy means that the app
not only downloads quickly, but it will populate details
which are then presented to the player for an easy,
quick review and confirmation.
Creating awareness of the benefits of the app is done
through near-field marketing and the use of advertising, however, employees are crucial in this area.
Operators can offer customer and employee incentives
to get people joining, and then employee enthusiasm
within casinos can support those marketing campaigns. The more people that experience the benefits,
the more that will be prompted to share and encourage
others to take part.
Are player rewards granted through IGT
OnPremise or are these part of an operator’s
existing player loyalty tools?
We designed IGT OnPremise to be adaptable to either
rewards approach. However, we believe that bringing
everything together in one, easy to use experience is
the best strategy. Having all rewards funnelled through
one loyalty tool makes it easy to earn and easy to
redeem.
How does the player add credit to their phone to
play using the IGT OnPremise App? How do they
then manage their account and what information
can the operator see in relation to the movements
and transactions of the player?
A huge benefit of IGT OnPremise is that it connects all
data in one experience. This secure profile means that
wherever you add money to your single player account
from a credit card, scanning casino receipts or even by
taking cash to a cashier, the money is easily accessed,
added, withdrawn and managed by the player on his or
her own mobile device.
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It creates a safe environment for players, who can
clearly see how much money has been wagered, and
manage their experience accordingly. It also makes it
easy for operators to have a 360-degree view of player
activity, enabling tailored assistance and the opportunity for a more personalized experience.
Are you incentivising players to play within the IGT
OnPremise mobile environment and visit the slots
and tables, or is the idea to capture and hold the
player so that their whole experience is delivered
through the App?
IGT OnPremise complements land-based gaming,
offering a wider experience in addition to the physical
slots and tables within a casino. It not only provides
new games and ways to play, but ties back to traditional game delivery, enabling players to get more out of
what a casino has to offer. Players can enjoy the best of
both physical and digital gaming.
What information is IGT OnPremise able to give
the operator about the player above and beyond a
traditional card-based loyalty programme?
IGT OnPremise enables operators to have a real indepth view of their players and how they interact with
games through the device. It provides much more
detailed information on the gameplay, the interactions
a player has with the interface and their playing habits,
likes and dislikes. Everything can be tracked and used
to help refine the player experience.
We know that mobile operating platforms are hugely
diverse on the Android side particularly, how do you
overcome the huge variety to deliver a consistent experience for all players?
Our platforms are designed using the latest technology,
with HTML5 and our dynamic content portfolio working on the vast majority of devices. Having an adaptable
and responsive design in the front end, bolstered by
robust and stable platforms in the back end, is crucial to
creating a high-class product.
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We’ve been working in the mobile space for a decade
and, like all of our other products, OnPremise is created
to work with as many devices as possible.
The different solutions we saw at G2E aimed at
attracting millennials placed players in a highly
social environment. Are players visiting a casino
to play on their mobiles more or less social?
Playing mobile and socializing are not mutually exclusive. Many players will engage with their mobile
devices and friends while playing games. It’s normal
among millennials to connect via their games, playing
with or against each other over a network.
Players view their mobile as an extension of themselves, using it as the primary form of communication
with friends and family. Modern casino players aren’t
more or less social than in the past, they merely use
different forms of communication and technology
within their social spheres and activities.
Does the player swap from bingo to sports-betting, slots to poker, transferring their credit from
one game to the next - or can they play different
games and make bets (for example) at the same
time?
Many of the games include multiple opportunities and
credit moves freely between games. This is all part of
the seamless, complete experience. In some games,
such as bingo slots, there might be the ability to place a
sports bet – all from the same wallet.
How does the zoning technology work? Many
casinos have very strict zoning areas, even ones
that split floors on different levels. How do you
restrict real money gaming outside of these areas
and is the switch-over instantaneous? How does
this work in practice?
In highly regulated areas, such as the US, we have
worked hard to ensure that gaming cannot take place
outside of gaming areas. It is possible to limit the avail-
“IGT OnPremise enables
operators to have a real indepth view of their players and
how they interact with games
through the device. It provides
much more detailed
information on the gameplay,
the interactions a player has
with the interface and their
playing habits, likes and
dislikes.”
ability and reach of a Wi-Fi service, meaning that only
those within the premises or designated area can
access the online experience. We partner with the best
geo-location providers to ensure games work where
they should and do not where they should not, having
done so for our other Interactive products around the
globe.
Should operators create specific on-site environments for players to arrive at a casino looking to
play games and place bets on their phones?
With IGT OnPremise, players use their own device.
Mobile lounges are a way of engaging those players
within a land-based offering, but it’s really about those
players enjoying an extended experience anywhere
they wish to access it within a casino area.
Bringing the added digital experiences to a land-based
casino offering is going to help the sector move into an
exciting new phase. IGT OnPremise is already playing a
key role in driving this forward and we’re looking forward to developing this area of omni-channel delivery
even further.
Interactive
PLAYER SECURITY - MYPINPAD
PIN-teresting solution
Biometric technology is grabbing all the headlines in the financial services sector and retail
at the minute, with Apple Pay enabling users to make payments using their fingerprint and
iPhone. New company myPINpad is convinced that mobile payments are the future of
secure, convenient transactions, but is looking to the past for its inspiration - the ‘PIN’
The concept behind myPINpad is simple, the ability to
verify the identity of an individual on an unsecured
electronic device ie. a mobile phone, tablet or PC, across
an unsecured network. myPINpad’s answer is to use
the PIN (Personal Identification Number). Consumers
have demonstrated for decades that they are comfortable with entering a PIN to access personal details, private information and financial transactions. However,
inputting PINs into electronic/mobile devices and
transmitting across networks is a security disaster
waiting to happen.
infrastructures. Innovation in new technologies for
authentication also leads to problems of integration
and adoption, which can’t add complexity or friction to
the payment process without impacting on the purchase. Customers must feel secure in making their payments, as shown in recent surveys detailing the fact
that 35 per cent of all abandoned website carts are due
to security concerns. 18 per cent of consumers abandoned their carts because they felt the security was
excessive, while 17 per cent abandoned their cart
because they had concerns about insufficient security.
A recent survey found that 67 per cent of UK consumers thought the four-digit PIN number would soon
be obsolete, with a third suggesting they thought this
could happen within five years. These worries stem
from a lack of innovation and fear that the PIN can
more easily be compromised on mobile devices, which
is why myPINpad verify the PIN at the point of entry,
on the mobile device, but send only the verification
across the network, not the actual PIN.
Speaking to myPINpad’s CEO and Chairman, Phil King,
he explained that the common denominator and starting point for every customer is their mobile device.
“Every consumer is confident in the use of their mobile
and we believe this confidence extends to using a PIN
on their smartphone device,” said Mr. King. “It’s a triangle, wherein you need to respect the presences of
regulation and security, but you can’t overlook the
need for convenience and trust. If you add friction to
the buying process that becomes downright annoying
and frustration leads to abandoned sales. We believe
that if a PIN is good enough in a face-to-face scenario,
why not use it in a non-face to face scenario?”
Increasing the security of a device is a balancing act
between convenience and security. The consumer’s
desire for an easy-to-use payment environment and for
that to also be a secure one presents challenges to the
merchant, who is looking to improve the customer
journey while constrained within existing payment
6 2
Registration and customer verification allow two
things, it allows the individual to prove they know their
Phil King,
Chairman and Ceo,
myPiNpad
We can integrate into a
mobile app branded by the
operator, which demands a
PIN at the point at which the
player makes a bet. It’s a
verification tool that will
prove hugely beneficial to
the operator.
PIN and it allows the merchant or service provider to
confirm for itself that the customer meets the appropriate age requirement. Once you have confirmation you
can then supplement with other KYC (Know Your
Customer) information, which is fundamental to a
gaming industry looking for an additional level of verification to reduce the costs of both charge-backs and
merchant service fees. “We can integrate into a mobile
app branded by the operator, which demands a PIN at
the point at which the player makes a bet,” described
Mr. King. “It’s a verification tool that will prove hugely
beneficial to the operator.
“At present we are in substantive contract negotiations
with major primary market banking services, where
fraud and attendant risks are massive as technology
moves towards the device that everyone carries with
Interactive
PLAYER SECURITY - MYPINPAD
them 24/7 - the smartphone,” continued Mr. King.
myPINpad also links to other movements in the finance
world, away from cards to wallets. However, as Mr.
King points out, just because you have a digital wallet,
doesn’t mean that you don’t need to authenticate who’s
using it. “The primary market for myPINpad is banking
and financial services, but it’s a solution that perfectly
fits into the context of gaming and gambling,” added Mr.
King. “We are currently dealing with major global
banking brands, debit card schemes etc, who will be the
first to benefit from MyPinPad, but that level of integration then rolls out into gaming, travel, services and
health.”
The concept is brand new, but myPINpad is looking to
secure its first client by year end, with a major
announcement that will propel its sales cycles thanks
to a proven reference site. “We have taken a very
patient approach, “ stated Mr. King. “The process has
taken over two years, whereby we have been talking
with banks and regulators to understand their viewpoints and the standards to which we must comply. We
have also gone through rigorous penetration tests by
industry trusted third-parties, with verifications of the
technology establishing its credentials to the highest
levels.”
The concept of myPINpad was born nearly three years
ago and having gone through proof of concept in its first
year, myPINpad has spent the remaining time meeting
with various industry bodies to implement all the
changes they required, building upon the technology
through independent testing and verification. Designed
specifically to secure digital commerce transactions
irrespective of their origin, myPINpad enables secure
authentication of transactions on mobile phones,
tablets and personal computers, without disrupting
existing bank or Card Scheme protocols. Through direct
PIN entry, the solution facilitates improved security,
reduced risk and fraud, and improved convenience.
The company is based in Wales, where all the propri-
There are some complex
mathematical and
cryptographically process and
elliptical concepts bound into
the solution, but essentially the
number that is entered on the
mobile device is not the
number sent via the network.
etary patent-pending technology has been developed.
“The technology is very flexible and powerful, but it’s
also light and easy to implement,” stated Mr. King.
“Where we have spent a huge amount of time is upon
making sure the implementation and integration
process is easy and straightforward to use. After three
proofs of concept, we’re now ready for roll out.”
As with all great ideas, it all seems much simpler after
you’ve launched it. The reality is that myPINpad’s
Chief Technology Officer started by utilising his background in mobile and cryptography to look at how
mobile technology and payment security are converging. What stood out like a sore thumb, was that every
transaction requires authentication.
Key to entering the Cardholder’s PIN securely into the
user’s device is the ability to completely bypass the
various system buffers and memory including the
screen and keyboard buffers while at the same time
combining other forms of authentication in the background. This provides true multi-factor assurance with
that same minimal level of effort as when entering the
PIN alone. To achieve this, a unique real-time tokenisation and encryption system that renders the PIN
unreadable and unrecoverable is required. This is similar to the principle of a physical prism, but instead of
refracting light, it totally randomises the PIN input
through a multi-layer refraction process that presents
an alternative keypad to the user every time. The
device and ALL buffers/memory are then totally convinced a different number to the real Cardholder PIN
was correctly entered by the user.
“We are not using a simple prismatic effect,” explained
Mr. King. “There are some complex mathematical and
cryptographically process and elliptical concepts
bound into the solution, but essentially the number
that is entered on the mobile device is not the number
that is sent via the network. It is simple to understand
and use, but a huge amount of thought and technical
understanding has gone into the process.”
After years in development, myPINpad arrives at a
time of heightened focus and interest in alternative
payment methods, especially with the launch of Apple
Pay rolling out across retail and banking locations
worldwide. However, it’s a shift in public awareness
that Mr. King actually welcomes. “We would say and
have said, that we have a proposition that is just as
valid to Apple Pay as anything else,” stated Mr. King.
“NFC transactions are limited to small amounts of
money so, for larger transactions, secondary authentication, in the form of the PIN, is required. Regardless of
the method deployed it is very likely that single factor
authentication including the use of biometrics will
remain insufficient. So, for both face-to-face and
remote transactions, there will still be a critical role for
the PIN. I’m not looking to denigrate Apple Pay, but if
you go down the mobile path then it has to be done
securely and we can demonstrably prove that the
mobile device can be used so that a pin or credential, of
which the mobile has no record, is the safest solution.”
While this article might be your first encounter with
myPINpad, as the company continues to sign contracts
and build confidence with major global banking and
retail brands, you can expect to hear lots more from
myPINpad in 2016.
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top guN
Omni-Channel Slots
Playtech
Playtech has launched a supersonic, premium
branded, and officially licensed slot game themed
on the iconic action classic top Gun.
launched simultaneously across all desktop and
mobile devices, the game will take your breath
away with its high-speed action and incredible
bonus rounds that feature the famous F-14
tomcat fighter jet flown in the film by tom Cruise’s
character, Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell, and his
wingman ‘Goose’.
wheel of fortuNe triple extreMe spiN
the 2-4-3 ways game feels the need for speed
with a series of pulsating features including
multiple free spins alongside original movie action
clips, and ‘Dog Fight Wilds’ which, once activated,
see the F-14 lock, load and fire missiles into the
reels unveiling a barrage of top Gun win symbols.
the timing of the launch could not be better with
the classic film celebrating its 30th anniversary in
2016 and Cruise saying earlier this year that he
“would like to fly those jets again” in a sequel
currently being written.
Online Slots
IGT
IGT has introduced the most popular slot theme of
all time, Wheel of Fortune slots, to online real
money gaming. Online players in Ontario, Canada
and New Jersey can now place wagers from their
computers (and mobile devices in New Jersey)
while playing the fan-favourite title, Wheel of
Fortune Triple Extreme Spin.
“Releasing Wheel of Fortune Triple Extreme Spin to
the online real money gaming space is the ideal
example of IGT’s commitment to cross-platform
content creation and deployment,” said Matteo
Monteverdi, IGT SVP of Global Product Marketing,
Interactive. “Delivering the most in-demand slot
theme of all time to our Interactive customers and
their players marks a significant milestone for
online real money gaming.”
Playtech offers the industry’s most extensive
02
The Sky`s The Limit the first mobile game from
Wolverhampton based Live 5 Gaming has received
a ringing endorsement from leading gaming site
SKY VEGAS.
the Bill-to-Bill note recyclers and MFl bill
validators, by design, are ready to accept the new €
20 banknote and only require a simple software
update. in addition, they have recently successfully
passed the eCB test attaining 100 per cent for their
ability to accept authentic notes and reject
counterfeits. according to eCB, in the first half of
2015 454,000 counterfeit euro banknotes were
withdrawn from circulation. in particular the €20
note was the most counterfeited banknote.
Julian Beck Casino & Games Product Manager said;
“Sky`s The Limit has been a great performer for us
especially on mobile where we have been delighted
with how our players have reacted to this new and
innovative game resulting with it recently being
launched in HTML5 on desktop”
“In line with our multi-channel approach the game
will be deployed Q4 2015 into LBO, Bingo, Cat C, B2,
B3 and B4 sectors ensuring that whatever the
market we have the solution, this coupled with the
success of our early and sustained game
performance has given us the confidence now to
progress with games 2 and 3 which will be available
early 2016”
6 4
Driven by the powerful iMS player management
platform and data-driven business intelligence
technology, Playtech casino delivers industryleading in-house and premium branded games.
Shimon akad, Coo, Playtech, said: “this iconic
movie was the ideal choice for a premium branded
game and is sure to be a hit for all our casino
licensees and their players across all channels and
devices, delivering, as we do with every title and
every product, the ultimate gaming experience.”
New €20 Note - ValidatioN
on 25 November the new €20 note entered into
circulation in the euro zone. SuzoHapp is providing
its customers with the necessary software and
hardware solutions to easily update their machines
and devices to be able to accept the new € 20 note.
this is one of the most used of the euro banknote
denominations, thus making the equipment
update even more important.
Mobile Game
Live 5 Gaming
All of this could not have been achieved without the
support we received from both of the Core Gaming
and SKY VEGAS teams as we know that they are
inundated with games developers wanting their
games on the Sky Vegas platform”
as part of the Playtech oNe omni-channel offering,
the casino product allows players to access content
anywhere, at any time and on any device through a
single wallet and single account.
Bill-To-Bill and MFL
SuzoHapp
the sky`s the liMit
Chairman of LIVE 5 Roy Howell commented; “We
felt sure that players and site owners alike needed
something new, we set about developing it and we
have certainly delivered it....
portfolio of best-performing omni-channel casino
content, delivering more than 500 of the most
innovative and exhilarating titles across all
channels, platforms and devices.
“the Bill-to-Bill and MFl product lines have
03
become industry standards and have set the bar
high, especially when it comes to their reliability,
performance and customer satisfaction”, explains
Sim Bielak, eVP & GM, GlobalBill-to Bill Product
line. “For Bill-to-Bill this was made possible
thanks to the advanced sensor technology that
improves valid bill recognition and protects against
counterfeits. the validated bills are distributed
between three recycling cassettes and one
lockable-removable drop cassette.
“on the other hand, MFl provides high security due
to unique patented multi-sensor technology with
self-calibration system. its aligning mechanism
straightens the misaligned banknotes to prevent
jams and assure a high acceptance rate (98 per
cent or higher),” concluded Mr. Bielak
BatMaN rogues gallery
Casino Slots
Aristocrat Technologies
Batman rogues Gallery is the newest video slot
game from aristocrat. Batman rogues Gallery is as
big and fun as the 1966 tV series it brings to the
casino floor. every viewer’s favourite characters are
here: Batman, the Joker, Penguin, Catwoman, the
riddler, Mr. Freeze and King tut, and they are larger
than life in aristocrat’s towering Behemoth cabinet
and in aristocrat’s award-winning VerVehd
cabinet.
Batman rogues Gallery is a 4x5 reel Power game
with a two-level single-site progressive jackpot and
is feature rich with zany fun, including: reel Growth
feature, where a wheel will spin awards either
credits or from 1-5 reels growing
up to reveal two additional
symbols on the reels.
additional Batman Symbols,
where a wheel will spin awards
either credits or from 1-5
additional Batman to the top of
the reel area. Free Spins Feature,
where 2, 3, 4, or 5 Scattered
Bonus symbols award an
additional 5, 8, 15, or 20 Free
Spins respectively
Batman rogues Gallery is
configured for 1c - $20 and has
a 50/75 credit minimum bet.
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cash exploder
Cat C UK
Blueprint Gaming
Blueprint Gaming, part of the
Gauselmann Group,
continues its run of hit reelbased Category C titles with
the latest Cash Exploder.
01
prestige roulette
Online Live Casino
Playtech
Playtech, the world’s leading omni-channel
gaming software and services supplier, has
launched live Prestige roulette, a modern-day
variant of the classic casino table game.
channel or device by clicking or touching the
middle of the screen. once the bet table is
minimised players gain access to a full-screen
view of the action, further intensifying the
personal look and feel of playing one-on-one with
the dealer.
Set in an intimate, neon-lit environment Prestige
roulette enables players to get closer to the
action and the dealer with the game replicating a
real-life, one-on-one ViP casino experience.
Prestige roulette is available across all channels
and platforms, Flash, HtMl5 and native and
features enhanced video quality and high
resolution.
While the ball spins in expectation of a big win,
the tension is heightened with multiple in-game
camera angles, revenue-enhancing quick-fire
betting rounds, and an instant replay of the
previous game win.
Shimon akad, Coo, Playtech said: “Playtech
offers cutting-edge, value-added live casino
solutions to the industry’s leading operators
including the leading live platform, four global
networks, and best-of-breed products and
games combining to create the most authentic
and complete omni-channel live gaming
experience available on the market today.”
Players are further empowered and engaged with
the ability to display or hide the bet table on any
02
The game, which is distributed in the UK by Paul
Wilson Sales (PWS) has achieved a clean sweep of
retailer approvals. “We knew we had another
winning game as performance over the testing
period was so strong and remains so in venue,” says
Paul. “We are thrilled that Cash Exploder has
continued our winning streak with reel-based Cat
C,” adds Andy Hall, Blueprint Operations Director. “It
is fantastic to have success on both the reel-based
and digital Cat C sectors at the same time. The
reaction at the recent ACOS show was so positive, it
is great to get the full set of retailer approvals to
back this up. Betcom Games have long been
accepted as being some of the best around, and now
that we are able to supply them in various formats, it
ensures that everyone can enjoy the success.”
Cash Exploder can be purchased as new or as door
kits utilising existing base cabinets. It features
multiple lapping boards with a “Dynamite Deal”
secondary feature.
colossal reels, spartacus, spiderMaN, wizard of oz, rocky, MoNopoly aNd More...
UK Cat B and Cat C titles
Scientific Games
SG Gaming has this quarter released a variety of
new B3 and Cat C titles to customers in the
licensed betting office and arcade and bingo
sectors. the new releases include Spartacus, a slots
title from Scientific Games’ WMS brand, adapted
in-house by SG Gaming for the UK market. the
game – already an online success – is proving to
be popular among lBo customers. the game
features Colossal reels and 100 active win-lines
across all stakes. it will be available across all
platforms by the end of this month.
Spider-Man, a £500 slots title with graphics and
footage from the hit films, was released to
customers across the lBo sector in September
and is due to be made available across the arcade
and bingo sector by the end of october. Game
modes include the engaging Spider-Spins feature,
which allows players to match symbols to win a
prize. the game strengthens SG Gaming’s portfolio
of licensed titles that already offers MoNoPolY,
roCKY and tHe WizarD oF oz.
the titles follow the release earlier in the year of a
number of Category C titles for the arcade and
bingo sector, including reel ‘em in, a community
game that has already seen a positive reaction
from players. With fun and engaging graphics
themed around fishing, the game offers multiple
community bonuses and ‘wild picks’. Players are
offered the chance of two exciting community
bonuses: Prize Catch and lobster Pot, with a fixed
£100 Gold Pot.
rick Mountney, UK Director of Content
Development at SG Gaming, said: “the new titles
being made available exclusively to SG Gaming
customers demonstrate the strength and depth of
our content offering. the games build on a number
of successful content releases this year, including
WizarD oF oz ruby Slippers and Moon Shadow,
each a testament to SG Gaming’s commitment to
developing innovative and compelling content.
“SG Gaming uniquely combines the capability to
develop successful content across licensed betting
offices, arcade and bingo with a track record in
building on popular brands and delivering
successful licensed titles.
“the instant popularity the new games have
enjoyed among players is testament to the
dedication, experience and creativity of the content
development team in creating innovative content,
which has led to SG Gaming becoming a leader in
content development in the UK market.”
word caNdy
Online/mobile slots
Core Gaming
Players with a sweet tooth can tuck into some bigmoney prizes on Word Candy, the new £3
instant-win scratch card game from CORE Gaming
that has launched on Sky Vegas. By clicking on the
‘Buy Card’ button, a player can rip open a chocolate
bar and select 18 squares from a total of 27, each
containing a letter, to try to complete words on a
crossword grid. Just three completed words will win
a cash prize, while a 12-word bonanza will bring
home a tasty £60,000 jackpot. Players can also use
an ‘Auto Pick’ button to make all of their random
selections with one click.
Lucky players will be presented with a ‘Golden
Ticket’ - offering a potential win of 10 times the
value of the card – at the start of the game, while
landing three cherries offers the chance of extra
prizes through three spins on the bonus lollipop
wheel. The game is available across desktop and
mobile from a single HTML5 code base.
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