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SOUTH AMERICA NEWS 01: ARGENTINA Numbers fall and stands shrink as the domestic market remains in limbo, but elsewhere there are positive signs –G3Newswire pg 08


02: PARAGUAY The Paraguayan government plans to retrofit casino contracts so operators are responsible for wider protection measures –G3Newswire pg 08


03: MEXICO Mexico’s SEGOB has revoked another gaming operator’s licence, this time hitting one of the largest, Megasport –G3Newswire pg 10


NORTH AMERICA NEWS 07: MASSACHUSETTS MGM has received a unanimous vote officially granting MGM Springfield a license to operate a resort casino –G3Newswire pg 24


08: CANADA Canadian lottery company, Loto-Quebec, has taken a massive hit on its investment in France’s Joa Group –G3Newswire pg 26


09: NEW JERSEY Asset management firm Brookfield has pulled out of the deal to acquire the shuttered Revel Casino in Atlantic City –G3Newswire pg 26


EMEA NEWS 04: POLAND Amendments to Poland’s gaming regulations could see the introduction of online gaming and Polish online licences –G3Newswire p g 12


05: UK AGEM has appointed Gaming Publishing and G3 as its Official European Media Partner and establishes close cooperation –G3Newswire pg 14


06: AUSTRIA The Austrian National Bank is assessing the sale of its shares in domestic operator, Casinos Austria –G3Newswire pg 19


ASIA & OCEANIA NEWS 10: CAMBODIA A flurry of operations have changed hands in Cambodia as large scale projects look increasingly unlikely –G3Newswire pg 28


11: AUSTRALIA A payment dispute between NSW government and Lend Lease has delayed James Packer’s Barangaroo project –G3Newswire pg 28


12: SINGAPORE Singapore’s Integrated Resorts are suffering as a result of the travel restrictions imposed on Chinese visitors –G3Newswire pg 29


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SOUTH KOREA MARKET REPORT A GAMING DYNASTY G3 examines South Korea’s established gaming market and plans for future expansion across a range of sectors – Report pg 46


HARNESS REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES GameAccount’s Daniel Lindsay suggests it’s time European land-based casinos embraced new revenue opportunities – Opinion pg 22


NEW LEVELS OF RESPONSIBILITY G3 interviews PaddyPower’s Catherine Colloms as to the ways gaming businesses should address negative corporate opinion – Interactive pg 62


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PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION WHO’S WATCHING THE WATCHERS Harvard University’s Adam Turner discusses personal customer data and its opaque usage by online gaming sites – Interactive pg 66


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