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Heutmekers boost
for Bally Europe
AMZ Holdings ready to roll as Taiwanese
Marcel
government legislates for island casinos
Heutmekers
has joined Bally
Technologies as T
aiwan is but a Presidential The Taiwanese government has can do a deal with someone who
signature away from legalising been advised by the Taiwanese has got a piece of land, or they can
gaming now that the Council for Economic Planning and wait and see if the local government
Director of Legislative Yuan has agreed to Development (CEPD) to follow the can actually provide some land.”
Europe. amend the Offshore Islands Act. The Singapore model which integrates While another Macau or Las
Heutmekers will legislation requires the signature of gaming with major resort activities. Vegas is unlikely to be the result of
be responsible for managing all of the President to come into casino development in
the company’s activities within force and could see the first Taiwan, there is certainly
Europe and in North Africa, based in gaming licences being awarded sufficient demand to support
Bally’s new European headquarters in 2010, depending on how casino developments in
for its sales and service operations, quickly a regulatory Taiwan, Burger explains: “The
in Amsterdam, Netherlands. infrastructure can be developed Taiwanese are the largest
“I am extremely pleased to be and put in place. group of people, apart from
joining Bally Technologies during this The new legislation only the Chinese, who move
impressive period of growth for the applies to the offshore islands, through Macau. With the
company,” Heutmekers said. not to the main island, but the Taiwanese population around
Prior to joining Bally, Heutmekers national government will control 23 million, just on the
was responsible for slot operations permits and licensing.
An impression of a $200 million dollar resort complex
Taiwanese market the resort
and product placement at all 14 of “The president has always
prepared by AMZ Holdings in support of its successful
could stand up by itself.”
Holland Casinos’ gaming properties been a supporter of gaming as
development application for the land in Taiwan that it
“Secondly there’s inbound
throughout the Netherlands – 7,000 such, so we don’t expect any
spent eight years negotiating to acquire. A much larger
project would be the outcome of a casino licence...
tourism. The recent change of
machines, with annual revenue problems,” said Carl Burger, government led to a thawing
around €400 million. In his other Vice President of AMZ Holdings PLC, Land ownership in Taiwan is of relationships in terms of allowing
capacity, he was responsible for which has spent eight years complex, with many owners involved Chinese visitors to come into
business development for all of negotiating with 300 owners of and no government powers for Taiwan. There’s a strong desire
Atronic’s international markets. small plots to acquire a 27-acre compulsory acquisition of land for among Chinese to visit the area,
parcel of land on the island of this kind of development. “Every particularly Penghu,” he says,
New 22-inch LCD
Penghu. It has also obtained company coming in will have three pointing out that the whole eastern
development approval for the land to choices,” Burger says. “They can seaboard of China is 45 minutes
touch screen
be used for a high-end tourist resort. assemble land like we have, they from Penghu.
www.amazing.co.im
G
eneralTouch has updated its
range of LCD touch monitors
Progressive Gaming International about to close?
with a 22-inch widescreen Calls were still being answered on Collins, advisors to Progressive,
LCD monitor designed for gaming the 24-hour customer hotline and by confirmed that the asset sale was in
applications that includes Desktop P
rogressive Gaming failed to
make a January deadline to
pay $17 million to one of its the UK office, but information on the progress, but said “There’s not
and Open-frame. backers, with the result that a company’s status was not offered. much to say as of yet.” Rumours
The 22-inch widescreen foreclosure sale of its assets was that IGT, which lent Progressive $15
touchmonitor is a high performance triggered. No-one at Progressive million in August last year, might be
TFT-LCD panel that can be Gaming’s UK office was available for seeking to buy assets were reported
configured with dust-proof, water- comment on 16th January, and for by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
proof and anti-vandal technologies. some days previously the US The apparent demise of the
It offers a wide viewing angle of Headquarters phone number company comes after CEO Russel
up/down/left/right 89/89/89/89, delivered a recorded message giving McMeekin left in September last
with ratio 16:10, 1680x1050 the trading hours and advising year, followed by CFO Heather Rollo
resolution and 300cd/m
2
callers that the offices were closed David Jacoby, Vice President of who departed to work for Ameristar
brightness.
www.generaltouch.com – no matter what time we called. investor relations agency Jaffoni & Casinos in early January this year.
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