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Cashino Brand grows
Gaming Support deal
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Ritzio International opened three
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more gaming venues in Croatia in P
raesepe plc, the low stake high volume gaming
group headed by former BACTA President Nick G
aming Support has reached a definitive sales
agreement with Holland Casino covering the
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April. The company opened Harding, has continued the roll-out of its Cashino brand purchase and installation of Gaming Support
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Volcano-themed clubs in three with the opening of a Greenfield site in Birmingham’s signage for its Rotterdam casino. Under the
Croatian cities of Metkovic, inner city district of Smallheath. The opening of the terms of the agreement, Gaming Support will
Mokosica and Orebic. 1,200 square feet (112sq.m) venue increases the number provide exclusively designed custom signage, as
Volcano gaming clubs are a of Cashino branded Adult Gaming Centres (AGCs) to 33. well as slot-themed signage to be featured within
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popular destination for those who Jonathon Hughes, who is in charge of developing Holland Casino Rotterdam.
enjoy gaming in a cozy home Praesepe’s AGC business, believes that the timing of the “We’re honored to be awarded this scope of
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atmosphere and appreciate privacy Smallheath opening is important. He explained: “We are work,” stated Nick Hogan, Gaming Support’s Vice
and quality service. The Croatian preparing for a mid-June go live date on £70 jackpots, President of Sales and Business Development.
properties are a part of the which we believe will be the engine of the AGC sector. “The package selected features a number of
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international chain of Volcano- The ensuing seven weeks will enable our team at cutting-edge design components, including full-
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themed gaming clubs, managed by Smallheath to engage with the local community and scale JackpotJunction XL integration, and
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Ritzio International in six European place Cashino firmly on the radar of players in this part signage to match existing slot themes,”
countries. of Birmingham.” continued Hogan.“We look forward to delivering
United by bright blue-and-red The first week of trading in Smallheath has, according to our valued client what is sure to be a
interior and exterior colours and to Jonathon Hughes, been brisk: “We have raised the spectacular showcase.”
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corporate operational standards, bar in terms of the level of customer service we provide,
Volcanos differ in size, gaming the quality of machines on site and the impact of the
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portfolio and services selection. overall entertainment experience, all of which are
This diversity is determined by the hallmarks of the Cashino brand. The first week’s trading
specifics of each national market is indicative of what will be a strong-performing site.”
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the company works in. The Cashino brand was launched following the July
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Ritzio entered the country in 2008 acquisition of venues from H.J.M Caterers and E
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2008 by acquiring two large and J Hall Investments for £25m. The Praesepe vision is
gaming chains from local operators. to create through acquisition a leading UK/EU low stake
The group’s primary focus in high volume gaming group with earnings of £50m
Croatia is to pursue and develop within two years.
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small and medium-size clubs
segment within the ‘convenient
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gaming’ market. Balanced local
gaming legislation and favourable
market conditions provided Ritzio
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with an opportunity to reach its
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goal within a short period of time.
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Today Ritzio manages 34 gaming
clubs in over 20 cities and towns
Busy time for Milliken Cloth
across the country, those including
the three premises opened in April
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and two fresh clubs launched in
January, 2009. Ritzio management T
his is the busiest time of the year for Strachan cloth manufacturer Milliken,
whose snooker and pool products are in demand around the globe.
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also plans to continue the clubs Apart from the China Open in Beijing, Strachan was used at the African
improvement activities by Billiards & Snooker Federation’s Snooker Championships in Johannesburg, which
redesigning its venues and bringing attracted players from countries including Mozambique, Libya and Egypt.
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them to the single brand standard. India’s Pankaj Advani and China’s Li Yuan are joint favourites for this month’s
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Asian Confederation of Billiard Sports under 21’s championships in India and, in
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May, the spotlight returns to China when ACBS will host the Asian Snooker
Former Philadelphia 76ers and Championships.
New Jersey Nets NBA basketball The Strachan brand has been specified for all these events and will be used for
star, Todd MacCulloch, recently the 29th consecutive year at the WPBSA World Snooker Championships.
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played at the Texas Pinball Milliken’s marketing director Duncan Kettell, who has just returned from China
Festival pinball tournament. Todd and St Petersburg, where Strachan was used for the European under 21s snooker
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played on such games as Stern team cup, is pleased the brand is gaining international recognition.
Pinball’s new CSI® pinball “As demand in the UK has weakened, we have made a big effort to capitalise
machine, along with several other on snooker’s growing appeal worldwide, supporting tournaments in India, Africa,
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classics. Todd, who is ranked 179 China, Bangkok, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Laos.
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in the world on the IFPA ranking “We are now working to attain a similar profile in the American pool market
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system, took home his first where Milliken SuperPro worsted is starting to become the cloth of choice by
pinball prize. He turned in a 2nd more pool regulators and tournament organisers,” said Duncan (pictured).
place score on the classic pinball
machine, Fireball.
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