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SOUTH AMERICA NEWS 01: BRAZIL Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies has taken the first step in a wide ranging study on possible legalisation of gambling –G3Newswire pg 08
01: BRAZIL The Minister of Tourism for Brazil has come out publicly in favour of the legalisation of casinos and bingo halls –G3Newswire pg 10
01: BRAZIL Brazilian government has announced that it is now preparing a tender for the private sector to run its instant games division –G3Newswire pg 12
NORTH AMERICA NEWS 05: NEVADA The $3bn Fontainebleau Las Vegas has been put on the market by its billionaire owner, Carl Icahn, for US$650m –G3Newswire pg 24
06: TEXAS The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas has been approved to open a Class II gaming facility on tribal lands –G3Newswire pg 26
05: NEVADA Las Vegas’ Jerry’s Nugget Casino has selected Konami’s SYNKROS Gaming Enterprise Management System –G3Newswire pg 27
EMEA NEWS 02: GEORGIA Casinos Austria International (CAI) has launched its new casino in the recently opened Hilton Hotel Batumi. –G3Newswire p g 14
03: CYPRUS APEX gaming has recorded the successful trial and installation of its Pinnacle gaming slits at Casino Savoy in Northern Cyprus –G3Newswire pg 16
04: BELGIUM Belgium’s Casino Ostend has reaffirmed its commitment to the MEI SC83 note acceptor from CPI into the future –G3Newswire pg 22
ASIA & OCEANIA NEWS 07: AUSTRALIA Australian operator Crown Melbourne is adding a brand new luxury six-star hotel tower to its Melbourne casino precinct –G3Newswire pg 28
08: TAIWAN It’s groundhog day for the citizens of Taiwan’s Penghu island as the local government seeks referendum re-run –G3Newswire pg 30
07: AUSTRALIA Australia’s Tabcorp has been performing strongly with reported net profit for 2015 up 157 per cent on the prior year –G3Newswire pg 31
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MIAMI - HOST TO JUEGOS MIAMI SHOW THE CAPITAL OF LATIN AMERICA Clarion Events, with partners Urban Expositions, have announced the launch of Juegos Miami, a new event for the Pan-Latin American and Caribbean gaming industry. –Events pg 36
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BRAZIL MARKET REPORT NEW LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK G3 examines the evolving state of the gaming industry across South America’s potentially most explosive gaming market –
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LATIN AMERICA ONLINE GAMING REPORT The final part of G3’s examination of the online gaming markets across South America concludes with Peru and Uruguay –
G3247.com Report pg 54
AGEM CELEBRATES MOST EFFECTIVE YEAR AGEM President Thomas Jingoli looks back on the most productive year ever for the international trade association - AGEM –G3 Interview pg 34
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