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SOUTH AMERICA NEWS 01: CHILE The President of Chile has signed into law new regulations that extend the licenses of the seven municipal casinos –G3Newswire pg 08
02: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CIRSA is to increase presence in the Dominican Republic with the acquisition of the Grand Victoria Casino in Santiago –G3Newswire pg 10
03: COLOMBIA The Colombian Federation of Employers of Games of Chance has presented recent figures for the first half of 2015 –G3Newswire pg 12
NORTH AMERICA NEWS 07: CONNECTICUT MGM Resorts has filed a lawsuit in the US District Court to challenge what it claims is racial discrimination in the State –G3Newswire pg 30
08: ILLINOIS Penn National Gaming is buying Illinois video gaming terminal (VGT) operator Prairie State Gaming in an all cash deal –G3Newswire pg 32
09: PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia’s SugarHouse Casino is edging closer to completing a $164m Delaware Avenue property expansion –G3Newswire pg 34
EMEA NEWS 04: CZECH REPUBLIC The Czech Cabinet has agreed new legislation that will squeeze the street gaming sector while unleashing online –G3Newswire p g 14
05: ESTONIA OlyBet, the online gaming brand of Estonia- based Olympic Group is now considering expanding to new markets –G3Newswire pg 16
06: UK UK gaming machine company success story continues as Reflex Gaming opens its new, purpose-built, HQ in Newark –G3Newswire pg 18
ASIA & OCEANIA NEWS 10: MACAU Melco Crown Entertainment will open its US$3.2bn Studio City on October 27, 2015 Studio City, on Cotai, Macau –G3Newswire pg 28
11: PHILIPPINES Tiger Resorts and Universal Entertainment completed the topping off ceremony for the long-awaited Manila Bay Resorts –G3Newswire pg 44
10: MACAU Galaxy Entertainment’s first half revenue fell by 34 per cent due to what it described as ‘challenging market conditions’ –G3Newswire pg 46
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US HOLDING ON TOO TIGHT A summary of AGEM’s comprehensive report investigating slot hold percentages across the US, which makes compulsive reading –Insight pg 38
STRIKING THE RIGHT BALANCE G3 market report into the diverse sectors in Bulgaria and the balance bring struck by government in regulating online and offline –G3-247 Report pg 58
ALL DIRECTIONS AT THE SAME TIME G3 interviews Odobo CEO, Ashley Lang, about the current and future development of games for multi-channel content provision –Interactive pg 126
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