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CONTENTS JULY/AUGUST 2010 www.casinointernational-online.com


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NEWS


STATESIDE Sharon Harris talks about oil


LATINO AMERICA Ricki Chavez-Munoz brings the news


from this gaming hotspot


MACAU BUSINESS Two features looking at Singapore’s


new casinos


THINK GLOBAL… …act local, says Barnaby Page as he


examines the web/land-based world


INSPIRED Inspired’s Luke Alvarez discusses


their pending buy-out


G2E ASIA REVIEW What went down in Macau…


CASH HANDLING Barnaby Page poses the questions to


our virtual round table W good one!


Jon Bruford, Managing Editor jonbruford@yahoo.co.uk


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ell, Macau was a good experience this year, contrary to what we had heard from some


naysayers and doom-mongers. Well, apart from the weather and the mozzie bites. The show itself was really positive on the whole, and had a nice buzz about it. Macau itself continues to enthrall and blossom each


time we visit, and we discover something completely new; this trip, it was the Westin Resort Hotel, which was a real gem of a place to stay, an oasis among the hub- bub of the islands. That’s enough from me. Enjoy the issue, I think it’s a


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