CONTENTS JULY/AUGUST 2010
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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
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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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