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CASINO NEWS
AGI acquires majority
stake in Octavian
A
ustrian Gaming Industries there is great synergy between our achieved with its AWP games in the systems and games, we are very
and Octavian Global two companies, as well as re-regulated Italian market.” excited about the further
Technologies have jointly complementary products and “Individually and collectively, AGI opportunities that will open up for
announced that AGI is now expertise. This move will serve to and Octavian have an extremely both companies.” According to Halle,
Octavian’s majority shareholder. AGI formalise our working relationship. strong offering for operators in the initial focus of their collaborative
recently increased its shareholding For example, AGI will now offer established and developing markets efforts will be strengthening each
in Octavian to 51 per cent. Octavian systems solutions as an across the globe,” he added. company’s position in existing
Octavian founder and CEO option alongside its own product Jens Halle, Managing Director of markets. It is likely, too, that AGI and
Harmen Brenninkmeijer said: offering. At the same time, Octavian AGI, commented: “With AGI and Octavian will attend several major
“Octavian and AGI have worked will harness AGI expertise to build Novomatic’s expertise in cabinets gaming shows together and launch
closely together in recent years and on the success Octavian has and games and Octavian’s focus on other shared marketing initiatives.
LCI and Met snare
Aspers Swansea appoints
IGT-UK Group
poker cheats
new general manager
restructures
T
wo men are in prison for a total of 14 months, one
of them banned from casinos for the next ten A
spers in Swansea has appointed a new General
Manager, as the venue approaches its second
anniversary.
years, following the quick thinking work of London Paul Braithwaite has an impressive 21 years’ I
GT-UK Group is to restructure its
mobile and internet gaming
operations following the recent
Clubs International staff supported by the Met Police. experience in the leisure and gaming industry and joins news concerning its acquisition of
The duo’s convictions are the first under the new Aspers at a time when its membership has risen to Million-2-1 and the subsequent
Gambling Act 2005, after they were caught cheating at 62,000 in its first 20 months of operation, and is announcement covering the
The Casino at The Empire, London Clubs International’s continuing to grow and develop its customer base integration of the UK division of
largest London venue. across South Wales and parts of the UK. WagerWorks.
Mehmet Mersin and Suleyman Arik were arrested at Richard Noble, Chief Operating Officer of Aspers, said: As a result of this restructure, the
The Casino at The Empire on the 19th May 2009 after “We are delighted to welcome Paul to the team at UK division of WagerWorks will take
they were caught executing a series of card swapping Aspers, who will be a major boost to our already strong responsibility for the sale and
moves during a game of Three Card Poker. team here at Swansea. Paul is a well-known figure distribution of:
The men were responsible for at least seven cheat across Wales in the leisure and gaming industry, who is • Barcrest Group game content in
moves on the 14th and the 17th May 2009 netting respected and well liked. I am looking forward to working remote gaming markets (interactive
them a total of £5,115. Faced with overwhelming alongside him at Aspers and I’m sure the team will digital television, mobile gaming and
evidence they pled guilty to four charges brought under benefit from his knowledge and business experience.” internet gaming markets); and
the Gambling Act 2005 at City of Westminster
Magistrates Court last week.
Arik has been sentenced to six months imprisonment
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• IGT game content in mobile
gaming markets, developed utilising
the Million-2-1 mobile gaming
and will be deported to Turkey when he has served his
time. Mersin, who is thought to be one of the key
approved for Italy
platform.
organisers of active Three Card Poker cheat teams in Million-2-1 will continue to focus
the UK at the moment, was sentenced to 8 months
imprisonment and made subject to a banning order
preventing him from entering any UK casino premises for I
nterblock’s excellent G4 Organic Roulette Single Zero on interactive services for media
with between 3 and 10 play stations have been organisations and land-based
approved by the Italian jurisdiction. retailers, using mobile solutions to
a period of ten years. The latest generation of Interblock gaming products deliver new revenue streams. This
Detective Inspector John Anderson from the Clubs and has successfully passed the strict licensing and testing includes prize competitions, mobile
Vice Unit said: “There is no doubt Mersin and Arik ‘Comma 6A’ requirements and is now entering the new marketing campaigns and lotteries
planned to continue making money through cheating, Italian arcade market. for the UK and international
and even believed they could get away with using false The licence was issued by the State Monopolies markets.
names and disguises. Autonomous Administration, which has tightened the Also announced is the
“I’d like to recognise the quick thinking security staff security in the industry and built a strict set of appointment of Simon Murphy to
at The Casino at The Empire who picked up on the regulations to control all gaming activity in Italy. The the position of Head of Business
cheats and the staff who collated vital evidence that was popular electromechanical roulette game is now for the Development for WagerWorks.
so strong the pair pleaded guilty.” first time allowed to be installed in Italian arcades. Simon joins from Million-2-1.
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