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LA CHAMBRE BASSE DU PARLEMENT ITALIENVIENT d'approuver un amendement relatif à la réglementation des jeux d'argent pour limiter l'installation de terminaux de loterie vidéo (VLT) ou de machines à sous supplémentaires. L'amendement stipule qu'aucun des actuels licenciés ne pour- ra installer de nouveaux terminaux de loterie vidéo ou de machines à sous pendant une période de cinq ans.
INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY VIENT DE signer deux contrats d'envergure avec Caesars Entertainment et Boyd Gaming l'autorisant à déployer Powerbucks, un site de machines de zones étendues (WAP) à travers plusieurs états et ce sur le territoire des juridictions approuvées, en com- mençant pour le New Jersey et le Nevada.
TROPICANA ENTERTAINMENT VIENT DE TERMINER l'acquisition du Lumiere Place Casino, de l'HoteLumiere et du Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis, achetés à Pinnacle Entertainment pour la somme de 260 millions de dollars US.
AVEC L'ACCROISSEMENT DE SA PARTICIPATION DANS les Casinos de Pologne, Century Casinos a augmenté ses bénéfices de 46 % en 2013. Le revenu net d'exploitation était de 104,6 millions de dollars, avec 29,4 millions de dollars réal- isés au cours du dernier trimestre se terminant au 31 décem- bre, ce qui représente une hausse de 66 %.
JEFF SEENEY, VICE-PREMIER MINISTRE DU Queensland, vient de révéler que 12 exploitants de casino ont versé la somme de 100 000 dollars US pour officialiser leur projet de développer de nouveaux casinos sur le territoire avec des noms tels qu’Echo Entertainment, Crown et Sky City Entertainment.
LA PROPOSITION DU GOUVERNEMENT VIETNAMIEN d'autoriser l'ouverture de casinos dans trois Zones Economiques Spéciales a été accueillie avec prudence lors d'une conférence relative à ces futures zones. Les trois Zones Economiques Spéciales devraient se situer à Van Don, dans la province de Quang Ninh, à Van Phong, au sud de la province de Khanh Hoa et à Phu Quoc, au sud de la province de Kien Giang.
LE PROMOTEUR IMMOBILIER VIETNAMIENVinaCapital vient d'annoncer qu'il allait s'associer à Peninsula Pacific, basé à Los Angeles, pour participer au financement de South Hoi An, un complexe hôtelier de 500 chambres avec casino qui ouvrira prêt de la ville côtière de Da Nang, au Vietnam. Une zone de développement économique doit ainsi être créée dans la province de Quang Nam, située au centre du pays.
MELCO CROWN REJOINT LA LISTE DES ENTREPRISES internationales qui souhaitent ouvrir un casino à Tokyo à temps pour les Jeux Olympiques de 2020. Todd Nisbet, directeur de Meclo Crown, a affirmé que l'entreprise a déjà engagé des dis- cussions avec plusieurs entreprises japonaises.
DONACO INTERNATIONAL, LE GÉRANT BASÉ À Sydney du Lao Cai International Hotel and casino dans le nord du Vietnam, vient de céder 56,39 millions de parts à des investis- seurs pour lever 75 millions de dollars US de fonds afin de con- struire un second hôtel à Lao Cai, près de la frontière avec la province chinoise du Yunnan.
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KONAMI TURNS OVER EVERY STONE
Konami has installed its Synkros system at Turning Stone Resort Casino, New York, owned by the Oneida Indian Nation
New York - Slot operations
“Turning Stone is a world-class resort which has been growing for 20 years. A comprehensive gam- ing enterprise management system like Synkros can help the management team synchronise all aspects of their expanding business,” explained Steve Sutherland, COO and executive VP at Konami. “Turning Stone now offers four hotels, two spas, five golf courses, conference and meet- ing space, an event center, 19 restaurants, and more than 125,000sq.ft. of Vegas style gaming. Konami and Turning Stone are an ideal fit because Synkros was designed to manage a resort opera- tion this large, and a set of offerings this varied.”
“Turning Stone attracts 4.5m visitors each year, and we are committed to offering the best products
and the best service to our guests. The Synkros system from Konami provides us with tools that will help us to manage all aspects of our business in real time, so that we can continue to surprise and delight our guests with amazing experiences while contributing sustained revenues to the Oneida Nation and surrounding communities,” commented Guy Renzi, VP of gaming operations at Turning Stone Resort Casino. “We needed a system that could manage the gaming and non- gaming aspects of our business seamlessly. We were impressed with Synkros’ reliability, its single code base, and the marketing horsepower that it offered to our management team.”
“Konami’s games are known for their reliable per- formance, so we are excited to be updating our floor with 120 new video and stepper machines,” explained Mr. Renzi. “We always strive to treat our guests with the very best and we know they will enjoy playing games like China Shores, Dragon’s Law and Solstice Celebration on Konami’s Podium cabinet.”
bwin.party opens the door to Williams Interactive games
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including Wheel Bonus and Any Way. Games will be available for desktop PCs and mobiles on the Williams Interactive platform.
Golan Shaked, Director of Games at
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Orrin Edidin, Group Chief Executive for Williams Interactive, added: “Our relationship with
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US Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) has received a patent for its GLI Link technology. “This is an incredible milestone for our company. No other test lab creates tools for their clients, and we are proud to have created a series of exclusive tools for both our regulatory and supplier clients. Now to have received a patent for one of our creations is very exciting and reinforces our message that GLI is so much more than just testing,” said GLI Vice President of Global Services, Ian Hughes. GLI’s engineers created GLI Link, a proprietary technology that brings interoperability testing to a new global scale. GLI Link connects manufacturers’ products and operators’ systems online, and expands interoperability testing to every GLI lab.
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