Betfred’s Bid for Chelmsford Racino EMEA
ISRAEL – Israel’s High Court of Justice has ruled that lottery company Mifal Hapayis can turn its slot machines back on after the Finance Ministry shut them down.
Justice Yoram Danzinger ruled that the company’s 650 machines should stay in operation whilst the sector is reviewed. The estate is made up of 500 slots and 150 keno machines.
Mifal Hapayis petitioned the High Court, claiming the machines were shut down without prior notice and this had seriously harmed their incomes. A lawyer for the operator said: “Bettors continue to gamble, but instead of the money going to Mifal Hapayis, which builds schools, it’s going into the pockets of loan sharks of the underworld. The treasury may want to save gamblers, but it’s causing them to sink deeper into the mud with loans from the gray market.”
SPAIN – NMi Gaming has appointed Andrés Méndez as Head of Penetration and Vulnerability Testing Services within their Business Security team.
Mr Méndez, who will be based in Spain, joins NMi’s highly successful business security and auditing team, who are responsible for contributing to NMI’s success in the field of security, auditing and PCI testing services.
Simon Fowler, Business Security Manager, said: “As we journey with our most successful customers through a number of challenging regulatory landscapes, the demand for global standards is clear: regulators do not want to reinvent the wheel. PCI services represent the gold standard of technical security assessments and we welcome Andrés into this key new role which will help our customers and regulators understand the level of risk that is associated with offering e-commerce services on the world stage.”
LUXEMBOURG – Cloud- based gaming solutions provider, Certus Technologies, has employed George Paterakis to head up its Global Support organisation. George brings over 20 years of
experience in the gaming industry, both on the operations and supply side of the business.
Kurt Quartier, Chief Commercial Officer for Certus commented: “Having worked with George very closely over the years, I am extremely pleased to have him join the team. George will be tasked with taking care of our most valuable asset, our customers. George’s organisational skills and attention to detail will play a major role in growing Certus to be the leading provider of marketing- driven gaming solutions.”
George Paterakis added: “I am very excited about the potential of our solutions and the positive impact they could have for our customers. I look forward to meeting up with our everyone at ICE 2017 in London.”
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Chelmsford City racecourse has been given the green light by Chelmsford City Council to open a casino with majority stakeholder Betfred taking the lead
Te proposed £50m Chelmsford Casino would be located in the new five-floor grandstand building of the City racecourse.
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Betfred, Chelmsford City racecourse’s majority stakeholder, has been given the green light by the City Council to create a new casino at the course that will occupy one floor of around 3,000sq.m. Ten open air concerts have also been approved.
Te council’s Director of Sustainable Communities, David Green, said: “Given the planning history and also the remoteness of the building from residential properties, there is no sound planning reason to limit the hours of use of the casino. Whilst it is recognised that casinos by their nature tend to operate late into the night, the number of visitors to the site during unsociable hours is not likely to be high.”
Te project will need to secure a casino licence from the British Gambling Commission. Once completed it will see Chelmsford become the first racino in the UK and the first racecourse in Europe to offer floodlit racing on turf.
Joe Scanlon, racecourse Chairman, said: “Tis is fantastic news. Over the course of the last few years the leading casinos across the world have been changing into multi-purpose complexes offering a full range of facilities to complement their gambling options. Here at Chelmsford we will be the first to offer a fully integrated racecourse ‘resort’ or leisure destination with
Playtech powers industry-first RAY- win2day
Finland
Finnish and Austrian gaming brands RAY and win2day have signed a ground-breaking agreement to share cross- border poker liquidity on Playtech’s iPoker-powered network. In an industry-first, the respective Finnish and Austrian gaming brands will join forces to launch a joint poker network using liquidity from both player bases. Tis will instantly double the number of customers playing the widest variety of omni- channel poker products via the Playtech-powered network.
Tis is the first time that two regulated entities have joined
entertainment. Te grandstand project is as exciting now as it was when first envisaged and has not dated in that time.
“Te racegoers on the upper floors of the grandstand will have uninterrupted viewing of both tracks, being able to look over the top of the existing low level hospitality stand. Development can now take place without disrupting Chelmsford City Racecourse’s existing busy racing schedule.”
Managing Director Phil Siers added: “A leading development like this can only lead to bigger and better support for our racetrack. We look forward to the day we are offering a minimum prize fund of £100,000 per meeting and regular turf and all-weather racing.”
Betfred, the majority stakeholder at the Chelmsford racecourse, said, “Tis is an exciting project that will create more than 100 jobs.
“It’s a substantial investment in the race track, providing under cover facilities as many race goers demand. We hope the plans are given the go-ahead and we can bring a higher standard of races to Chelmsford.”
Construction work on the new grandstand is expected to start next year.
forces to share cross-border poker liquidity. Following win2day meeting the responsibility standards imposed by RAY and the Finnish authorities, the liquidity sharing agreement was approved by the Finnish Ministry of Interior on December 8. RAY has previously had to limit its online poker to Finnish players only.
Playtech has worked with both brands for several years. RAY, Finland’s Slot Machine Association, has partnered with Playtech since 2010, setting the benchmark in the Nordic region and establishing the country’s leading gaming operation, while Playtech has worked closely with win2day since 2015, providing the Austrian Lotteries and Casinos Austria-owned brand with a new poker network.
Romania
BetConstruct has secured a Class II software provider’s licence from the Romanian National Gambling Office (ONJN). BetConstruct will now be able to supply its platform to all online gaming operators in Romania’s regulated market. “BetConstruct views Romania as a significant and forward- looking jurisdiction. With the ONJN license we are bringing our powerful betting technology to local operators enabling them to stand-out in this important market,” said BetConstruct CEO Vahe Baloulian. Tis licence adds to BetConstruct’s licences granted by the UK Gambling Commission, Malta Gambling Authority and other jurisdictions which all allow BetConstruct to help its partners meet necessary requirements for operating in different regions.
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