Aristocrat’s Key Role at Casinó di Venezia EMEA
Two of Aristocrat Technologies’ premium licensed slot games are playing key roles in a major renovation of the slot floor at Casinó di Venezia in Venice, Italy
Te world’s oldest established gaming house, the Municipality- owned Casinó di Venezia, is refreshing its floor with the help of Aristocrat’s Lightning Link
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Wolfram Dahlström, ICM CEO and Karīna Vecums-Veco, Slot Manager, Furors Klondaika
FINLAND – Konami Gaming, has announced the launch of its first slot installations in the Baltic nation of Latvia through its distributor ICM Casino Management AB (ICM) after securing a contract with the Latvian-based gaming entity Furors Klondaika earlier this year.
Klondaika operates 32 slot halls across Latvia as well as a casino, and is now introducing a pipeline of leading products from Konami’s video slot library, most notably the popular SeleXion multi-game cabinet. ICM is based in Stockholm, Sweden, and is part of Konami’s exclusive network of distributors, partnering to address the needs of specific European markets and local customer support.
“We are very satisfied with the performance so far and the SeleXion machines seem to be popular among our guests,” said Karīna Vecums-Veco, slot manager for Klondaika. “In addition, our slot technicians and attendants think the machines from Konami are easy to maintain, well thought out, and reliable. Additionally, we are happy with the service and support that ICM provides.”
“Our first installations of Konami machines in Latvia are also our first installation ever in the Baltic States and we are very happy that Klondaika has chosen SeleXion,” said Wolfram Dahlström, chief executive officer at ICM. “Our collaboration with Klondaika and their team has started very well, and we will do our best to sustain and enhance that in the future. We are very excited and fully confident that Konami’s proven products will be successful in this region looking ahead.”
UK – Victoria Gate Casino, the largest casino in the north of England and Scotland, has made its first major appointment, naming Patrick Noakes, the former MD of Gala Casinos, as Venue Director.
Mr Noakes, who has been in the gaming industry for 31 years, is among the first of more than 200 staff the venue will eventually employ when it opens in the next few months – it will become the third- largest casino in the UK.
Before joining Global Gaming Ventures, the operator of Victoria Gate Casino, Mr Noakes held a number of roles over a 13-year career at Gala Coral Group, including main board director of the combined casino, bingo, betting and leisure complex run by Gala in Gibraltar, as well as ten years in a regional capacity that included casinos in Yorkshire.
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Lightning Link has gone live at Ca’ Noghera, situated close to Marco Polo International Airport, marking Italy’s first installation of the multi-denomination linked progressive currently taking the gaming world by storm, following successful deployments elsewhere in Europe including Germany, Monaco, France, Malta, Northern Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Slovenia and Bulgaria.
Te Game of Trones Slot Game, on the multi- award winning Arc Double cabinet, has also been introduced at the front of the foremost slot hall, taking stage as the casino’s centrepiece.
Eros Ganzina (pictured), who in April this year became the first General Manager of Casinó di Venezia to be appointed following a public invitation to tender, outlined his strategy to rejuvenate the world’s oldest gaming brand.
“Having established a new management structure and set ourselves challenging performance targets, we are aiming to win back customers in what is now a highly competitive landscape through improving our entertainment offering,” he said. “Tis reorganisation begins with a major redevelopment of the slot floor, the first phase involving 110 machine movements scheduled for completion in time for Ca’
BetConstruct will power the
iJuego.es sportsbook in Spain
Spain
BetConstruct has signed an agreement to provide its sports betting solution to Spanish operator
iJuego.es, owned and managed by Comar Inversiones, SA. Under the agreement,
iJuego.es will operate BetConstruct’s Sportsbook product, offering its customers the chance to bet on up to 30,000 live matches per month and the new sportsbook will run alongside iJuego existing casino and slot games. BetConstruct was certified under Spanish Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ) in 2015.
Manuel Paz, Product Manager
Noghera’s 17th anniversary celebrations taking place across August 25 to 27, the theme of which will centre around fun fair-style amusement.”
Aristocrat games now constitute 25 per cent of Ca’ Noghera’s 530-machine gaming estate, with another major link, the Asian-themed Good Fortune, also providing a powerful backdrop in another of the casino’s slot halls.
“We have been impressed with the performance and popularity of Aristocrat’s linked and standalone games,” continued Mr Ganzina. “And feel safe in the knowledge that the next generation of games will continue to deliver even greater player appeal. Both Lightning Link and Game of Trones have started off very strongly and will play a major part in our anniversary re-launch.”
James Boje, Aristocrat Technologies’ Managing Director – EMEA, commented: “Casinó di Venezia ranks amongst the most prestigious gaming destinations in Europe and we are naturally delighted to feature so strongly in its redevelopment plans. Tis is a testament to the efficacy of our games – both hardware and software – and to the continued investment in design and development of world class gaming entertainment.”
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iJuego.es, commented: "We have gone through a tireless process of finding the best sports betting partner for the regulated Spanish market, and are happy to have
iJuego.es partner with BetConstruct for our new sports betting platform. Te new sportsbook will be an integral addition to our established casino and slots games. We expect to grow rapidly during the remainder of 2016 and beyond."
George Voyatzis, Commercial Director at BetConstruct, added: "
iJuego.es is a very exciting brand in Spain and Group Comar have ambitious growth plans for the coming years. We look forward to the partnership with Group Comar, who will now be equipped with our market leading sportsbook of up to 30,000 live events per month and flexible and comprehensive markets.”
Italy
In an extract taken from a recent speech by the Vice Director of Italy’s regulator, AAMS, Alessandro Aronica explained that a market report into Italy’s AWP sector in 2006, detailed analytical data in which revenues generated by street gaming machines amounted to €43.5bn. However, the ‘official’ collection of revenues from AWP gaming machines in that same year totalled €15.4bn, with the difference between the two figures (€28.1bn) the scale of the “infiltration of the legal and illegal gaming market by the mafia.” Mr. Aronica disclosed that while the number of AWPs has effectively doubled in Italy since 2006 (rising from 200,000 in the last 10 years to 400,000), an accurate figure for the revenue increase from AWPs over the decade is almost impossible to estimate due to the scale of illegal operations.
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