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system. Possible problem gamblers are invited for an interview if visits persist and around 35,000 such interviews were held in 2008.
A second interview is conducted should visits persist and possible restrictions can then be put into place to limit visits or outright exclusions can be enforced. In 2008 there were just over 4,500 limits placed on visits and 5,340 total admission bans.
However Labour party MPs are backing recent calls to privatise Holland Casinos saying the company has not succeeded in keeping gambling addiction under control and has now become a large scale entertainment company. This was due to be discussed further in December.
Netherlands based IGT believes, although the casino industry has been hit by the economic downturn and the tax hike, the country remains resilient.
The company sells its range of electronic
gaming machines, including its AVP slot machines and MPS electronic roulette terminals plus its casino management systems into the Dutch market and has a very successful long term relationship with Holland Casino.
IGT has been supplying Holland Casino with slots for almost 18 years since its European Headquarters was set up in Hoofddorp in 1992 whilst the company’s Casinolink management system has been installed throughout the Holland Casino locations.
James Boje, Managing Director, IGT Europe said: “The Netherlands as a whole, has been relatively resilient in the face of global recession and the local gaming and entertainment industries appear to be showing some positive signs of recovery.
“IGT predicts that 2010 will be a turnaround year for Holland Casino as some of its announced plans, such as the stunning remodelling of its Rotterdam
IGT has been supplyingHolland
Casinowith slots for almost 18 years
since its European Headquarterswas
set up in Hoofddorp in 1992whilst the company’s Casinolink
management system has been installed throughout the Holland Casino locations.
“We will also market our cutting-edge sbx system in the Netherlands. Server Based Gaming is predicted by many to represent the next tipping point of casino technology.”
Netherlands based Orion Gaming says WMS is actively working with the operators in the Dutch market and is currently marketing 16 new games from WMS plus the new Helios cabinet which is targeted for markets where premium priced gaming equipment is not a viable option for the operator.
John Van Schaijk, Director of Orion Products said: “Today the trends we are seeing in the Dutch gaming market are very much the same trends we are seeing in other international gaming markets. Casino operator capital budgets for the purchase of new machines remain constrained and slot machine replacement levels are at historically low levels. “Then the smoking ban created an
Casino, are put into place.
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