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CONTENTS OCTOBER 2009
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NEWS
Editor’s letter
10 STATESIDE
Sharon Harris on North America
R
ecently, I had the pleasure
of looking inside the devel-
opment of London’s new
casino, at the famous
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Hippodrome right next to Leicester
Square in the heart of the city. It’s
A look at the latest developments in
going to be absolutely superb when it’s finished –
Macau from the best magazine in Asia
though thanks to the scale of the plans, that’s some way
off. The commitment to the project is what’s stayed with
me since the visit; speaking with Simon Thomas about
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the project, it came across as much a labour of love as
Ricki Chavez-Munoz reports from the
an investment. A father-son team are putting together a
totally modern casino
gaming hotspot concept inside one of London’s most striking buildings,
and investing £20m too.
I honestly can’t wait to see it finished, as even the
30 CAMMEGH
nearby Empire should benefit from it; it also means that
The Roulette experts on their latest
corner of central London might become renowned as
something of a gaming and entertainment destination
installation for Holland Casinos
for everyone, not just what the public thinks of as
‘gamblers’. Fingers crossed.
34 CSR
Jon Bruford, Managing Editor
Barnaby Page investigates corporate
jonbruford@yahoo.co.uk
social responsibility
38 THE HIPPODROME
London’s newest casino – find out
what’s planned for 2011
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