Contents MAY 2014 14 05 08 07 02
04 06
12 09
10 11 13
01 03
WWW.G3-247.COM
SOUTH AMERICA NEWS 01: CHILE Latin American operator Enjoy has announced its results for 2013 and revealed record profits for the Group –G3Newswire pg 08
02: BELIZE The Grand Belize Entertainment Group has been granted a gaming license and secured the location to operate. –G3Newswire pg 10
03: URUGUAY The Uruguayan government has sent a draft law to parliament which would create a new gaming control board. –G3Newswire pg 12
NORTH AMERICA NEWS 07: US IGT has signed a major jackpot deal with Boyd Gaming and Caesars Entertainment for its Powerbucks multi-state WAP –G3Newswire pg 30
08: US NEW YORK Konami has installed its Synkros system at Turning Stone Resort Casino, New York, owned by the Oneida Nation G3Newswire pg 32
08: US NEW YORK New York Gaming Board has approved applications for four upstate casinos with fees ranging between $20m and $70m –G3Newswire pg 34
EMEA NEWS 04: FRANCE Groupe Lucien Barriere has acquired two casinos from Royal Resorts Financiere in what remains a tough market in France –G3Newswire p g 16
05: SWEDEN The UK’s ‘Point of Consumption’ tax regime for online has been described as ‘a hammer blow’ for the Gibraltar economy. –G3Newswire pg 20
06: UK Playtech has launched its new ‘multi- channel’ solution, which is leading a revolution in the betting shop arena –G3Newswire pg 22
ASIA & OCEANIA NEWS 09: JAPAN The Japanese city of Osaka has picked its favoured site for the development of a casino resort aimed to rival Tokyo’s bid –G3Newswire pg 38
10: MACAU Sands China is cracking down on junket operators in Macau, asking them for more details on their wealthy players –G3Newswire pg 40
11: PHILIPPINES Kazuo Okada has confirmed his US$2bn Manila Bay Resorts project will open on time in 2015, despite legal disputes –G3Newswire pg 42
G3Newswire.com delivers daily international gaming industry news and information, with the G3Newswire newsletter circulated three times per week to a 8,000+ database of gaming industry influencers
Gaming Publishing Samson House,
457 Manchester Road, Manchester M29 7BR, United Kingdom
0 3
MACEDONIA 12: NIKI LAUDA IS FLAMIN-GO! The Novomatic Group celebrated the acquisition of what has become the latest flagship operation in Macedonia – Insight pg 28
13: LAOS The Lao Government is seeking a slice of the country’s sports-betting pie, setting up a new online football lottery – G3-247 Report pg 44
14: ICELAND Iceland has operated its lottery and VLT network throughout the financial boom times, busts and back again. – G3-247 Report pg 46
STATISTICS 15: G3 ANNUAL MARKET REPORT Exhaustive gaming statistics and updates from 26 countries spanning all corners of the global gaming market. – Statistics pg 62
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108