Codere Release Report on Gambling in Spain EMEA
Te Codere Foundation and the University of La Carlos III Madrid have released a report detailing the Social Perception of Gaming in Spain in 2016
Codere study into gaming shows that a rise in online play across Spain has not impacted upon the numbers of problem gamblers in the country
SPAIN GAMING OPERATIONS
BELARUS – Euro Games Technology has further strengthened its partnership with the operator Winbet, having made a new installation in its Winbet Casino in Minsk, Belarus.
The install was completed in time for the venue’s first birthday, celebrated in June, 2016. In just one year the casino has become the most popular gaming hall in the city as selected by the prestigious local competition Molnia M017. EGT has supplied five Stork terminals, connected to a Vega R8 automated roulette, which is already familiar to the visitors of Winbet Casino, and an additional automated Premier roulette center.
The installation marks the debut of Stork in Belarus. It brings a first to the market as it allows players to bet on up to three different roulette wheels from a single gaming station, featuring user-friendly menus and showing the real-time progress of the game at each of the wheels. The terminal supports a fully electronic version of the widely loved local blackjack. The multigame mix Rigel-1 is currently undergoing homologation. It will offer more 20 different video slot titles, accessible from Stork.
Winbet highlighted that the impeccable quality of the gaming equipment and the high level of its design and interface had been at the core of their fruitful relationship with Euro Games Technology. They added: “We knew that the Stork terminals would appeal to our customers, being an innovative solution, so we backed them up by a well- organised advertising campaign. We also expect that the available on the terminal blackjack will win a favorable reception from the local players. This game is traditional for the country and its electronic EGT version is just perfect for the avid fans.”
AUSTRIA – Friedrich Stickler, a long-standing member of the Board of Österreichische Lotterien GmbH and six years as President of the European Lotteries association, became a
consultant for the Novomatic Group on July 1.
Mr. Stickler will support Novomatic with his decades of expertise and experience in the field of gaming and lotteries. Novomatic CEO and Chairman of the Board, Harald Neumann, said: “Friedrich Stickler is an internationally recognised expert, who will make valuable contributions, particularly in our newest segment of lottery technology and lottery services.” Mr. Stickler will support, among other things, Novomatic Lottery Solutions GmbH in the fields of product development, business development and employee training.
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Te University of La Carlos III Madrid (UC3M) and the CODERE foundation have presented the findings of their Seventh Report on the Social Perception of Gambling in Spain 2016. According to the findings gambling addiction in Spain is very low, affecting only between 0.1 and 0.3 per cent of the population or between 34,200 and 102,000 individuals, according to the study. Te findings mean that Spain ranks as relatively low in the world when it comes to gambling addiction despite the rise of online gaming.
According to Professor of Sociology at the University José Antonio Gómez : “Spanish society is not immersed in compulsive gambling and the current consumption (does not amount to) a pathological gambling problem.”
When it comes to gaming online the autonomous community of Madrid has the highest concentration of players (with 20.1 per cent), followed by Andalucía (16.7 per cent), Valencia (13.6 per cent), Cataluña (13.3 per cent) and Galicia (5.5 per cent). Valencia and Andalusia recorded significant increases when it comes to gaming online in terms of player
concentration increasing by 3.4 per cent and 3.9 per cent respectively last year. By contrast, the percentage of online players dropped by 3.8 per cent in Madrid and Catalonia by 3.5 per cent.
Other trends in the report show that public lottery ticket purchases are becoming increasingly normalised via the internet. In 2015 three out of four residents in Spain aged between 18 and 75 years (75.1 per cent), had played the National Lottery - a 2.5 per cent increase compared to 2013. According to the study this increase was due mainly to the recovery of sales after a 20 per cent tax was imposed on prizes of more than €2,500 in 2013. Bingo participation increased slightly in 2015, to reach 2.8 million players (8.2 per cent) compared to 2.6 million in 2014 (7.6 per cent).
At the same time bingo has shown a larger progression compared to online gaming although it still lags behind online gaming with 26 per cent of players saying that they had tried bingo in the last two months while 29.7 of those surveyed said that they had played online casinos within the same period.
SuzoHapp’s Scan Coin secures Cashmaster deal in Europe
Europe
Cashmaster International has confirmed a major new partnership with Scan Coin, a member of SuzoHapp Group. Under the terms of the deal, Scan Coin has secured exclusive rights to distribute the company’s latest edition of count-by-weight cash- counting products, the Cashmaster One series, in several European countries including the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain.
Gordon McKie, CEO of Cashmaster, commented: “We are hugely excited by the recent
launch of the new Cashmaster One range, and we perceive real growth potential within several existing and new markets. Our new partnership with Scan Coin is a significant step for us in achieving this objective within Europe. It is evident that we share many common values with Scan Coin including the importance of overall customer satisfaction, and high quality, robustly engineered products. We are delighted with this deal and we look forward to working closely with Scan Coin.”
Eric Chappuis, Affiliated Product Manager of Scan Coin, said: “Te partnership will offer us exclusive rights to an industry leading product using the very latest technology and functionality in count-by- weight cash-counting solutions. Its breadth of functionality across the range, intuitive easy-to-use menu system and multi-connectivity options allow for the most complex of cash management solutions.”
UK
Playtech has strengthened its position in the sports-betting market with the acquisition of software provider Best Gaming Technology for €138 ($152.6m).
Te acquisition means Playtech will now be a large-scale provider of machines for sports betting, complementing its strong position in casino-style games machines. BGT provides software for sports-focused self-service betting terminals in betting shops and operates an online sports betting platform.
Playtech said the acquisition will strengthen its position in the UK, Spain and Italy. In May acquired Swedish online slot games provider Quickspin AB for €50m, having failed in its attempt early in 2016 to acquire Plus500 and Ava Trade due to regulatory issues. Playtech stated that it is still interested in expanding into financial trading and will look to build its presence in the area organically in the near future.
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