Spectacular Victoria Gate Casino Opens EMEA
HOLLAND – SUZOHAPP has appointed Giovanni Milanesi as new Product Manager for Components within the EMA Region. With 10 years’ experience within the payment system technology, Giovanni
brings to his new role extensive knowledge and valuable expertise in product management. His primary responsibility will be to work on all aspects of development of SUZOHAPP components, defining product roadmaps and life cyles. He will interface between the market and the product team, leading the effort to understand customer needs and defining requirements for new products. In addition, Giovanni will assess the market and identify cross-selling opportunities, in coordination with the group’s product management.
Since 2006, Giovanni has held management positions as Project Leader and later as Head of Product Management and Innovation at Comestero, a leading provider of electronic payment systems and self-service equipment.
AUSTRIA – Bernhard Krumpel has assumed the position as the new Head of Group Communications for Novomatic. Mr. Krumpel will coordinate public relations for NOVOMATIC and is responsible
for the corporate image of the NOVOMATIC Group in coordination with the subsidiaries, and reports to the General Secretary of the Group. In his prior function, Mr. Bernhard Krumpel headed Group Communications of HYPO NOE Group Bank AG.
Mr. Krumpel succeeds Dr. Hannes Reichmann. In his new position as Head of Group Operations Marketing, Dr. Hannes Reichmann is now responsible for the strategic brand alignment of all operating subsidiaries.
RUSSIA – Stylgame has added another prestigious project to its international installations, thanks to an agreement with Sochi Casino & Resort, the first world-class casino in the south of Russia. Sochi Casino & Resort is the first entertainment complex of a global scale located in Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi. The new complex has unique concept for Russia in spirit of the best casinos of Las Vegas and Macau, and includes casino with 569 slots and 70 tables, poker club, bars and restaurants, conference facilities, and its own Velvet theatre.
Stylgame, has always prided itself with its "Made in Italy" quality known throughout the world, and describes this top class project as the crown jewel of the mountain resort of Gorky Gorod. “Many customers are choosing our company thanks to the excellent quality and customisation of our seats," stated Mr. Iulita, CEO of Stylgame. "Sochi Casino & Resort selected StylGame for our ability to quickly develop customisations in line with original idea of their architect, engaging our R&D deptment in the study and prototyping of new tailormade projects." StylGame company is working to further develop the bond with Sochi Casino & Resort for its next projects.
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‘Game-changer’ new casino opens as the first large casino licence to open in the North of England, ‘strengthening the city as a whole’
Te latest large casino licence to open in the UK went live in January in the city of Leeds with 24 tables, 140 slots and 75 EGMs
UK CASINO OPERATIONS
Te grand opening date for the multi-million pound Victoria Gate Casino, with its distinct bar and restaurant offering, took place as G3 went to press on January 26, 2017. A full report on the location, the largest casino in the north of England and Scotland, will follow in the next issue of G3. However, from first impressions on opening night, the new casino is immediately one of the ‘Top Tree’ casinos in the country.
Victoria Gate Casino, which is operated by Global Gaming Ventures, becomes the third- largest casino in the UK. GGV was awarded the large casino licence in Leeds back in May 2013.
Patrick Noakes, Venue Director (pictured above) said: “Leeds has never seen an entertainment destination like this before. We can’t wait for people to step through the doors and see the spectacular space for themselves. It’s a game- changer – not just for casino fans, but for the city as a whole.
Victoria Gate Casino will strengthen Leeds’ already diverse entertainment, dining and nightlife offering and will provide so much more than just gaming. Te £30m split-level build is a stunning space, filled with the latest Novomatic, IGT and SG Gaming machines.
Austria
Novomatic has ended years of negotiations with the announced that at the resolution of the Annual General Meeting of Casinos Austria AG (CASAG), the conditions precedent for the acquisition of the shares of MTB private foundation in the Casinos Austria AG to the amount of 17.2 per cent have been met, paving the way for an effective takeover of the shares.
Novomatic CEO Harald Neumann commented on the historic moment: “Te entry of Novomatic as a new Austrian shareholder is an important step for a stable and sustainable core shareholder structure for the Casinos Austria Group. As a leading international and globally recognized gaming technology company we are interested in a valuable investment and positive development of CASAG.”
“Our three distinct venues – Live Bar, Curve and V Restaurant – will play a pivotal role in that. Live Bar and Curve have attracted partnerships with Molson Coors and Moët and Chandon to provide a top quality drinks menu whilst V Restaurant will put the best regional produce at the heart of its offering.”
Live Bar acts as the hub of the casino, with wall- to-wall, state-of-the-art screens displaying the latest sport action. Meanwhile, Curve is the venue’s cocktail, champagne and craft beer bar that overlooks the casino floor and offers a rotating menu. V Restaurant offers visitors an informal brasserie style setting with a menu that showcases the best produce from across Yorkshire along with a top quality wine list.
With a capacity of 1,400, Victoria Gate Casino will be one of the biggest entertainment venues in the city, with a 100-player poker room, 24 live gaming tables, 140 slot machines and 75 electronic gaming terminals.
Te casino, which is the first and only ‘super casino’ in the north of the country, occupies 50,000 sq ft and sits alongside the John Lewis department store at the top of the city’s new Victoria Gate development.
HMRC seeks to impose free-bets tax changes in Finance Bill 2017
UK
Te UK’s Revenue and Customs department, the HMRC, plans to implement new rules related to free bets, discounted betting and freeplays in the forthcoming Finance Bill 2017. Te changes in tax legislation are expected to come into effect from accounting periods starting August 1, 2017.
Te changes would see gambling operators required to account for duty when a customer places a free bet or a reduced-rate bet. Te duty is to be calculated on the amount of money that would have been paid by the customer in circumstances in which the special free bet or reduced-rate
bet offer has not been active.
HMRC is also redefining and amending what constitutes as a ‘prize.’ Te change will ensure that in future operators cannot use the value of free- plays granted to customers as prizes in order to reduce the profit that’s subject to duty payments.
Te amendments will apply not only to land-based gambling operators, but also to the ones who have their operations offered on the Internet, by television, radio, telephone as well as any other electronic communication and are subject to remote gaming duty.
Te HMRC estimates an additional £45m will be raised by the tax changes expected over the 2017/2018 fiscal year and £110m by the fiscal 2020/2021.
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