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MONTENEGRO – HIT EXTENDS BIDS FOR MAESTRAL ALTA Skupina and its subsidiaries (ALTA) have been appointed by the seller, HIT d.d. Nova Gorica, Slovenia, to act as its exclusive financial advisor and to carry out a formal sales process of the Maestral Resort & Casino. The deadline for prospective bids had sought to be concluded in 2014, but ALTA extended the deadline to Friday, January 16, 2015.


Maestral Resort & Casino is a 4+* luxury hotel with casino, congress, wellness and restaurant facilities. The casino cov- ers 1,000sq.m. with 130 slot machines, three electronic roulettes and 18 gaming tables. The hotel offers a total of 214 rooms, among which 18 apartments range from 36sq.m to 154sq.m.


GERMANY – JENS HALLE IS CEO AT MERKUR GAMING Jens Halle has assumed responsibili- ty for international sales and distri- bution activities as CEO at the Gauselmann Group subsidiary Merkur Gaming.


“Mr. Halle’s long-standing focus on the global casino business has enabled him to have the right vision with such experience so as to further develop our products mainly overseas outside of Europe in a truly sustainable way. We have gained an esteemed expert who will continue our growth from the past years and indeed further expand this”, stated Paul Gauselmann, Chairman of the Gauselmann Group, and Jürgen Stühmeyer, Sales Director of the Gauselmann Group.


“I have been able to establish a long-standing relationship with the Gauselmann entrepreneurial family through my activities thus far in the industry. I am now all the more look- ing forward to the promising collaboration at Merkur Gaming. The development know-how and the long-standing wealth of experience at the Gauselmann Group offers great potential and diverse development opportunities for our partners abroad,” Mr. Halle said.


SPAIN – PASCUAL APPOINTED NEW COO OF CODERE The Codere Group, a Spanish multi- national in the private gaming sector, has appointed Alejandro Pascual as its new Chief Operation Officer (COO) of Codere Europe, a strategic position for the company, which is committed to growth in this region for the com- ing years.


Mr. Pascual will be responsible for Codere’s business in Italy and Spain, two European countries in which the group is already active but into which it is hoping to expand. He has worked for Codere since 2000, first as Director of Administration before moving into various management positions in the company’s Italian division.


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ANDORRA PLANS ITS FIRST CASINO


The 16th smallest country in the world is due to create its own casino legislation aimed at promoting a rise in tourism Andorra - Legislation


The legislative committee of Andorra has now completed the draft of a bill that will pave the way for a land-based casino and online gaming in the tiny Pyrenees country, located on the border between France and Spain.


The Minister of the Presidency, Antoni Riberaygua, enigmatically stated that the opening of the gam-


bling market in Andorra will be achieved ‘gradu- ally, but immediately.’ He hopes the addition of a casino will boost tourism in the principality, which sees over 10m visitors each year.


Mr. Riberaygua commented: “It should be clear that visitors should always be attracted by the tourist attractions that the country offers, and not by its gambling establishments. That’s why only one casino would be allowed to operate in Andorra.”


The move to allow online gaming is a bid to increase tax revenues. Foreign operators will be asked to submit applications for online gambling licenses early this year.


Germany edict egaming GmbH recently signed a deal with the international casino software provider EveryMatrix. The edict Game Bridge, a newly developed remote game server will deliver the famous Merkur slots via an API to the EveryMatrix game portfolio. “We are very pleased with this new partnership. The operators using the EveryMatrix software will benefit from the Merkur slot games and the unique player experience that our games offer,” comments Dominic-Daniel Lienard, CEO of edict. The edict Game Bridge currently offers 10 Merkur slots to large sports betting or casino operators. Among the games are top titles as “Double Triple Chance”, “Magic Mirror” and “221B Baker Street”. The partnership with EveryMatrix is the first that edict has signed with a B2B casino software provider.


Paf acquires the Italian online gaming company Winga


ITALY The Åland gaming company Paf has entered the Italian market by acquiring Winga.


The Italian online operator Winga offers casino, poker and bingo products at winga.it and via the television channel Winga TV.


Winga operates within the regu- lated Italian gaming market using local gaming licences. The com- pany, which is headquartered in Milan, was founded in 2010 and currently has 27 employees. In 2014 Winga’s revenue was about €10m. The acquisition means that Winga becomes a subsidiary of the Paf Group. Winga’s activi-


ties will continue to operate under the Winga brand and online at winga.it.


“The acquisition of Winga is part of our strategy of continued internationalisation and expan- sion. We see great potential in Winga’s well-established opera- tional base in combination with Paf’s international industry experience and broad range of products. As a first step, we will expand Winga’s product range to include additional casino games and betting in the next few years,” says Anders Ingves, CEO of Paf.


Winga has broadcast daily games


programmes on its own televi- sion channel Winga TV since 2011 with a focus on casino games. The channel’s output is strongly linked to the gaming offers on winga.it. The TV channel is avail- able through the Italian digital terrestrial television network and via online streaming.


“It’s exciting and challenging to lead Winga into a new era. Our market niche within casino TV in combination with Paf’s interna- tional gaming expertise makes me confident that together we can grow the business in Italy over the next few years,” com- mented Assen Diakovski, CEO of Winga.


Paf has acquired Winga from Buongiorno SpA, an Italy-based multinational group of compa- nies who focus on multimedia and digital entertainment.


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