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CASINO NEWS
Casino Technology lines up new
Gemini and slant-top games
200-table casino
planned for Hungarian
C
asino Technology is to debut up to ten new games at events in the Czech
Republic, Hungary and Romania.
lake resort
They include African Moon, Chinese Gate Treasure, Girls With
Diamonds, Rumble in the Jungle, Super Market and Viva Cuba Libre, as
well as a new version of Gamopolis II. All are available in both Gemini and
Gemini Sensa cabinets. A
casino with 200 tables and 2000 slots is to be built as part of the
1bn Euro ($1.5bn) King’s City resort development on the shore of
Lake Velence, near Budapest in Hungary.
Also new from Casino Technology are slant-top game Tangra Touch, based The licence for the casino has been won in a competitive tender process
on the Tough Ryder platform, and and updated version of Mega Jack. by KC Bidding, a Hungarian firm 75 per cent owned by resort developer
Vigotop and and 25 percent owned by American Chance Casinos, part of the
The firm, which marks its tenth anniversary this year, will show off its Trans World Corporation group.
latest product at Entertainment Arena in Bucharest, Gamexpo in Budapest
and Forbes in Prague The licence will run for 20 years from the casino’s planned January 2014
opening, with an option to extend for a further ten years. It calls for a
minimum of 100 gaming tables and 1000 slots, although the developers
US and Greek firms latest to
plan at least double that.
join fast-growing AGEM
The resort will also include hotels, villas and apartments; a spa and
wellness centre; an event and conference centre; shopping malls; facilities
for golf, ice-skating and horse-riding; an aquarium and a museum; and
T
hree more companies have joined the Association of Gaming Equipment amusement parks.
Manufacturers (AGEM), bringing the membership to a total of 81.
Developer and former Estee Lauder CEO Fred H. Langhammer commented:
IdeaWork Studios is a promotions agency specialising in the gaming and “The location of Hungary in central Europe and the relative stability in the
resort industries and working both online and offline, with offices in Las number of tourists for each quarter during the year were a key factor in our
Vegas and Santa Barbara, California. decision to select Hungary as the development site.”
Publicly-traded Intralot, based in the Greek capital Athens but with a
presence in 50 countries, supplies systems for gaming and transaction
NSW says ‘yes’ to G2S
processing, sports betting management tools, and game content.
Talent Associates of Las Vegas provides models for trade shows and
corporate events as well as the gaming industry. R
egulators in New South Wales have approved the Gaming Standards
Association’s Game to System (G2S) standard.
Association President Peter DeRaedt said the
approval from the New South Wales Casino,
Liquor and Gaming Control Authority “could not
have come at a better time. It endorses what we
as an industry have been working on for so
long.
“This endorsement will revitalise the local
industry, enabling them to offer exciting new
products and services,” he predicted.
Storm opens in Bishkek,
prepares for Minsk
S
torm International has begun operations at
its XO Casino in Bishkek, the capital and
largest city of Kyrgyzstan. The Art Deco-style
casino in the Hyatt Hotel has 12 tables with
games including Russian poker, punto banco,
blackjack, and roulette.
Storm will in October also open Shangri La in
Minsk, Belarus, a 1500-square-meter casino
with 12 tables and 70 slots.
8 OCTOBER 2009
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