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SOUTH AMERICA NEWS 01: MEXICO Having fast-tracked its a new gaming law Mexico has finally replaced the country’s out-dated Act of 1947 –G3Newswire pg 08
02: BRAZIL The Brazilian police force has instigated a major crackdown on an alleged illegal gaming ring across several states– G3Newswire pg 10
03: PUERTO RICO The government of Puerto Rico has made sweeping changes to its horse racing legislation that has met with approval –G3Newswire pg 12
NORTH AMERICA NEWS 07: NEVADA The American Gaming Association (AGA) has released a comprehensive set of Anti- Money Laundering Best Practices –G3Newswire pg 32
08: NEW JERSEY Last minute taxation strategies proposed to save Atlantic City’s remaining eight casinos as unemployment rockets –G3Newswire pg 34
08: NEW JERSEY Borgata has announced details of the $13m property-wide renovation taking place over the next several months –G3Newswire pg 38
EMEA NEWS 04: SPAIN Novomatic Group of Companies’s Spanish subsidiary has become majority shareholders of GiGames and Conei –G3Newswire p g 14
05: ESTONIA Olympic Entertainment Group (OEG), has been ranked as first among the top 100 successful Estonian companies. –G3Newswire pg 16
06: UK Four operators have continued to express their interest in the stalled Middlesbrough casino project with movement in sight –G3Newswire pg 22
ASIA & OCEANIA NEWS 09: AUSTRALIA Aquis Casino Acquisitions, the company bidding to build a A$4.2bn casino project in Cairns , is to complete in Canberra –G3Newswire pg 42
10: SAIPAN Imperial is to launch 510m new shares on the HKSE to raise funds for a HKD774m casino project on the island of Saipan –G3Newswire pg 44
11: SOUTH KOREA Genting Hong Kong is to invest US$117.2m in a joint venture with Landing International Development –G3Newswire pg 46
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MARKET REPORT GREECE VLT UPDATE Market report detailing the recent changes taking place in the Greek market as VLT gaming is introduced to the marketplace – G3-247 Market Report pg 78
BCN WORLD ENTERS SECOND PHASE The Government of Catalonia has announced the four successful applicants that have passed into the second phase – Insight pg 28
NEPAL CASINOS REOPEN Nepal’s casino industry is likely to be back in business soon, however operators are still concerned about new regulations – Insight pg 48
EXHIBITIONS HOW ICE IS MAPPING THE FUTURE ICE is a must attend for exhibitors from across the world - G3 charts the journeys of two poles apart exhibitors to ICE 2015 – Exhibitions pg 56
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