Focus REPORT: MALTA
anticipate a slight decrease in slot machine turnover obviously. What’s abnormal is that an 18 year old Maltese national can visit these parlours whereas they cannot visit local casinos. Foreign visitors of course have the same 18 year old age restrictions.
“However with the restrictions imposed on these shops we believe that the casino industry will hold its position. We are confident that through our international campaigns offering immense value to junket players and the world’s top poker events we will keep sustaining the huge growth we have experienced in the past three years.”
dragonara casino Dragonara is located in a magnificent 1870 Summer Palace which is located on the edge of the coast at St Julian’s and
still retains much of its original architecture and interior design features. The site was converted into a casino in 1964 and at the time operated table games only and was run by the Kursaal Company. When Kursaal gave up its interest in the 1980s the casino was operated under a concession from the Maltese government operated by Dragonara Casino Ltd and French group Accor Lucien Barriere.
In May 2009 the government offered the tender for a new 10 years concession. There were three bidders – the current operators Dragonara Ltd, Tomino Ltd and Novomatic Peninsula Consortium (later called Dragonara Gaming Ltd)
Dragonara Gaming was awarded the concession with a €12m offer in July 2010 and the company is made up of 60 per
“The new street
gaming market has a very particular legislation. We
anticipate a slight decrease in slot
machine turnover obviously. What’s
abnormal is that an 18 year old Maltese national can visit these parlours whereas they
cannot visit local casinos. Foreign visitors of course
have the same 18 year .”
Yorgen Fenech, CEO Tumas Gaming.
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cent shares held by Pinnacle Gaming Group and Bianchi Group and 40 per cent by Austria’s Novomatic. Pinnacle was set up by Johann Schembri, Joseph Vella and Joseph Scicluna and is a large operator of the Fairplay gaming halls and has been active in Malta since the late 1990s. The Fairplay outlets, (except the bingo halls) were closed down in August 2009 just a week before the company submitted its bid for the Dragonara casino concession.
The casino was quite run down and had its last renovation in 1999. The new owners have since refurbished the casino and it has been restored to its former glory and today offers 18 tables and 250 slots, the majority of which are AGI’s Novostar SL2 and Super-V+ Gaminator machines. All machines are equipped with TITO. In addition there is a Novo Multi Roulette and Novo Flying Blackjack
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