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SOUTH AMERICA NEWS 01: MEXICO The Mexican government’s Interior Ministry (SEGOB) has closed a total of six casinos across six states in the country –G3Newswire pg 08
02: COLOMBIA Colombia’s Corredor Empresarial S.A. has won the right to operate Pari-mutuel sports-betting following a public tender –G3Newswire pg 10
01: MEXICO Zitro Experience 2014, with Johnny Ortiz at the helm, brought the entire Mexican gaming sector together under one roof –G3Newswire pg 12
NORTH AMERICA NEWS 06: PENNSYLVANIA Sands Bethlehem Casino is now off the market as Las Vegas Sands reconsiders its casino operations in Pennsylvania –G3Newswire pg 30
07: NEVADA MGM Resorts International has reported its best quarterly operating performance in six years and is building for future G3Newswire pg 31
08: OHIO Pinnacle Entertainment unveiled its replacement to the Rivers Down racino, the new Belterra Park Centre in Ohio –G3Newswire pg 32
EMEA NEWS 03: UK Convinced that curtailing book-maker locations will resolve the UK’s High Street woes, UK Ministers announce new plans –G3Newswire p g 16
04: BELGIUM GTech has been awarded a 10-year online gaming system, terminals, and integration contract with the Belgian National Lottery –G3Newswire pg 18
05: RUSSIA Lawrence Ho’s Melco International is planning to raise its stake in the casino resort development near Vladivostok –G3Newswire pg 22
ASIA & OCEANIA NEWS 09: VIETNAM Poor performance of Do Son Casino in Vietnam could spark a rethink of Vietnam’s socialist-orientated market –G3Newswire pg 36
10: CAMBODIA With a threat from NASQ over its low share price, a bleak first quarter could spell difficult time ahead for EGA –G3Newswire pg 37
11: PHILIPPINES The Macau Jockey Club, which closed in 2004, has been reopened as a chipless e-table automated casino environment –G3Newswire pg 38
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SPAIN 12: HIGHS AND LOWS The Spanish gaming market appears to be bouncing back from recession, though not all sectors are enjoying a resurgence – G3-247 Report pg 48
03: WEARABLE TECH mkodo’s Mark Gibson explores the possible future for the fashion in wearable technology within the gaming sector – Interactive pg 42
03: ODDLIFE G3 interviews Oddslife’s Rasmus Sojmark about the company’s social sports-betting solution and its future expansion – Interactive pg 44
INTERACTIVE 13: CONNECTING DOTS IN BALKANS Connective Games and Balkan Texas are seeking to create a poker network targeting Eastern European players – Interactive pg 40
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