MarketUpdate:Poland
UncertaintywasthemoodattheSurexpo
asittookplacebeforemajornew
proposalswereannouncedbythestate.
ThemonthlyAWPtaxistobemorethan
doubledfromitscurrent€180permonth
withothertaxincreasesplannedaswell.
Theuncertaintyaftertheexhibitionhas
increasedwiththestate’sproposaltoban
AWPsandonlyallowgaminginslot
arcadesandcasinos.“Therateofgrowth
isnotasbigaslastyearortwoyearsago,
butthereisstillmajorgrowth,”claims
WitoldLisickifromtheFinanceMinistry.
Attheendof2008,thegamblingindustry
sawaprofitof17.1billionzloty
(€4.05bn).In2007–11.9billionzloty
(€2.8bn)andin2006–8.1billionzloty
(€1.9bn).Thesefiguresincludethe
lotterymarket.
TheSURexpoitselfwasagainspreadover
oneandahalfhalls.Thistime,however,
thesecondhallhadafocusonvending.
Majorlocalmanufacturerstooklarge
stands,suchasNowopol,Vegas.PLand
PMGPlay.Themarkethastraditionally
beenimportanttoEasternEuropean
manufacturerssuchasSynotandKajot.
Dutchcompanieshavelongsincebuiltup
asubstantialpresenceinPolandand
naturallycompaniessuchasawp- TechnologySmartPayoutandSmart
design.nl,JVHandEurocoinexhibited.A Hopperintegrated.Indeed,thebanknote
centreofEuropeanmanufacturing, readersofInnovativeTechnologywereon
Austria,playsanimportantrolein manystandsandthecompanyreportsof
Poland.Novomatichasastrongpresence thesuccessofthenewNV200banknote
withits‘HotSpot’gamesthatare readerthatNowopol,amongstothers,has
distributedbylocalcompanyATT. integrated.Furthermore,Innovative
Fortunahasbuiltupastrongpresencefor Technologyreportedonanew
ApexGaming.Notableexhibitionvisitors distributionagreementinHolland–with
wereReinholdBauerandhisdaughter. awp-design.nl(PaulStrikers).
Polandisan
emergingmarketfor SuzoHapphasgrowntobethemost WhMünzprüferexhibiteditsEMP800,
jukeboxes.Novatic importantsparepartssupplier.The whichisparticularlyacceptedinthe (ClockwisefromTop)MatjazPetekandMiha
exhibitedforthe productrangeisimmense–fromitsown amusementmarket–thecapabilityto MiklavcicofAlfastreet.BartSowinski,Nowopol.
firsttimewiththe topperstobeingthedistributionarmfor functioninmachinesplayedoutdoorsis MichalImiolek,Vegas.PL.MikjailAbasow,MEI
NSMMusicjuke majorindustrycompaniessuchasELO, ofparticularbenefitforseasideoperators. withTomaszAndrzejewskiofSuzoHapp.
boxes.Theoffline MEI,NRI,PyramidTechnologiesand Furthermore,thecapabilityoflinking
solutionsoffer JCM.Thenewintelligenttopperrange paymentcomponentstotheCCT900
enoughcapacityfor wasdoubtlessamajorfocusforSuzo boardsimplifiestheintegrationprocess tobeseenaswellasRobertvan
literarythousands Happ.JCMpresentedanewsolutionto formanufacturers.MoneyControlswas Enkhuijzen,whowasintroducinghisnew
ofsongsandvideos. themarket–afaceplatefortheTaikothat presentatitsdistributorNowoProject. consultingcompanytothemarket–
Ashigh-speed allowscustomerstousetheTaikoinstead RepresentativesofAzkoyenwerealso TreborConsultancy.
internetconnections oftheolderproductgenerationEBA21 presentattheexhibition.
arenotyetthenorm andEBA22(andcompetitorproducts Polandisanemergingmarketforjuke
forpubsandclubsin withsimilarmechanicaldimensions).The Thesecondmajorpartsdistributor– boxes.Novaticexhibitedforthefirsttime
Poland,theoffline banknoterecyclermarketisgrowingin Eurocoin–exhibitedawiderangeof withtheNSMMusicjukeboxes.The
solutioncatersto PolandwithZPRalreadydisplayingan solutionsforthemarketplace.The offlinesolutionsofferenoughcapacityfor
thismarket. AWPintegratedwiththeJCMVega. SURexpohasitsfocusontheAWP literarythousandsofsongsandvideos.As
market.Nevertheless,companiespresent high-speedinternetconnectionsarenot
MEIisseeingincreasingdemandforits predominantlyinthecasinomarket yetthenormforpubsandclubsin
CashflowSC83banknotereaderandthe exhibited,suchasAlfastreet.Theslots Poland,theofflinesolutioncaterstothis
coinvalidatorsfromNRIareverypopular arcademarketisveryimportanttothe market.
inthePolishAWPmarket.Comesterohad electronicroulettemanufacturers.
itsownstandattheSURexpoand Alfastreetitselfhasafurtherproductto Inthemeantime,itishopedthatthe
introducedthenewRM5HDcoin offerthemarket–namelyitsnew Polishgovernmentwillsearchfora
validatorwith10parametersand electronicTexasHold‘emmachine. solutionthatprovidesresponsiblegaming
electronicanti-strimmingdeviceswitha entertainmentwithoutthepolemic
coinacceptancerateofsixcoinsper ThePolishgamingmarketremainsof headline-grabbingtacticsofbanningwhat
second.Furthermore,thenewNexusPro stronginterestfortheindustry.Sweden’s hasgrowntobeamajoremployerand
changersalreadyhavetheInnovative JensGöranssonfromJensiGamewasalso taxcontributoraroundtheworld.
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