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CASINO NEWS
Resorts World set to double Casinos Austria
Manila’s gaming revenue to open
T
he new Resorts World Manila casino which opened this summer is said
Brussels complex
to have doubled the number of gaming tables in the city and be on
track to increase annual revenue by nearly 125 percent.
next year
The $700m development by Andrew Tan and Star Cruises, located on a
former air force base opposite Ninoy Aquino International Airport, could bring C
asinos Austria International
will next year introduce a
new brand with the launch of
in about $430m gambling revenue next year, according to Macquarie an entertainment complex in
analysts. All Manila sites together took about $350m during 2008. Brussels.
"Our expectation is this will contribute to earnings within the first year of Viage, located in the newly-opened
operations,” said Kingson Sian, President of Alliance Global Group, Tan’s Anspach Center on Anspach
holding company. Boulevard, will include restaurants,
bars, chill-out zones, and an event
The new casino expects to attract around 4m visitors a year. It will draw on area with a capacity for a thousand-
Star Cruises’ base of more than 2.5m customers and also bus in locals from strong audience, as well as a casino.
outside of Manila.
When it opens early in 2010 it
eCogra OKs Brightshare affiliate programmes
will complete the development of
the Anspach Center, which already
B
ritain’s Brightshare, which manages online affiliate marketing for includes retail outlets, a hotel and
Jackpot Factory Group, has become the third recipient of eCogra’s apartments.
Affiliate Trust Seal.
“We are launching a fantastic
The Affiliate Trust Seal shows that casino and poker affiliate schemes new entertainment concept and an
adhere to operational and player-protection standards set by eCogra, a non- exciting new brand,” said Viage
profit organisation based in London. General Manager Andrew Webb.
“Viage will be a multi-faceted
The body, which was already accrediting online gambling operators and entertainment complex and a first
their software suppliers, recently broadened its scope to include affiliate for Belgium and the city of
programmes with the launch of the seal. Brussels.”
To qualify for the seal, affiliate programmes must show that they establish,
monitor and enforce best practice; calculate affiliates’ revenue correctly and
News in brief
pay promptly; communicate efficiently; and can accurately link individual
players to the relevant affiliate. Luck of the Irish
The 2009 Irish Casino Market
Jackpot Factory Group’s nine online brands include five casinos, a multi- Report & Directory from consultancy
player poker room, an online bingo hall, and two mobile casinos. BrightShare firm Hannibal Purcell & Associates
runs its affiliate programmes using the Microgaming Affiliate System. lists all 40 casinos and private
members' card clubs in the
Video catches poker cheats
Republic of Ireland, as well as giving
legal information and other
T
wo London card cheats were first for this offence obtained under background on the sector.
sent to prison after digital video Britain’s 2005 Gambling Act.
recording helped catch them. The Little helper
men, reported to be 24 and 46, were Footage from Visimetrics Fastar Aristocrat in the UK says it
recorded making a total of seven Digital Evidence Recorders was attracted more than 500 unique
cheat moves on two separate visits used by the Clubs and Vice Unit of visitors to its new Web microsite
to the London Clubs casino at the London’s Metropolitan Police force aimed at venue operators during its
Empire, Leicester Square. Their in the case. first month of operation. The
actions included card swapping under company says the most popular
the table during three-card poker. London Clubs Head of Security feature is a games selector, which
Doug Reeman said: “The clarity of allows users to specify
The men, one of whom was said images we obtained from Fastar characteristics such as player type,
to have used a false name and the undoubtedly contributed to the guilty cabinet, game concept and
other of whom was reported to have pleas entered, and underlines the category, and then produces for
worn a wig, pleaded guilty to efficacy of both the surveillance them a list of recommended
cheating at gambling. Their team and the technology that backs Aristocrat games. The microsite is
convictions are believed to be the them up”. at
www.aristocratgreatvalues.co.uk
4 OCTOBER 2009
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