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Der Bürgermeister der mexikanischen Stadt Monterrey, Adrián de la Garza Santos (rechts), hat klargestellt, dass innerhalb der Stadtgrenzen keine neuen Kasinos ohne seine ausdrückliche Genehmigung eröffnet werden dürfen.
Das Racino im Stadtzentrum von Buenos Aires und das im Stadthafen fest vor Anker liegende Kasino haben zum ersten Mal in 10 Jahren begonnen, Steuern an die Stadtverwal- tung abzuführen. Das so genannte “schwimmende Kasino” Puerto Madero hat für den Monat Juni insgesamt 24 Millionen Pesos eingezahlt und das Hipódromo de Palermo 22 Millionen.
Der chilenische Betreiber Enjoy und die chilenisch-kanadische Marina del Sol haben jetzt die Gerichte bemüht, um einige von ihnen als rechtswidrig und unfair erachtete Gesichtspunkte des neuen Zulassungsverfahrens für die derzeit angebotenen sieben städtischen Spielbanklizen- zen anzufechten.
Als jüngstes Zeichen ihres Engagements in und ihrer Verbundenheit mit der lateinamerikanischen Glücksspielbranche haben Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) ihre Bewerbung um die Verlängerung ihrer Zulassung als unabhängiges Prüflabor in Kolumbien erfol- greich abgeschlossen.
Über 200 Stellen wurden mit der Erschließung des mehrere Millionen Pfund teuren Victoria Gate-Kasino in Leeds, der nunmehr drittgrößten britischen Spielbank, besetzt. Die Vergnügungs- und Glücksspieleinrichtung, die das erste und einzige „Superkasino“ im Norden des Landes ist, verfügt über eine Fläche von fast 4.650 qm und liegt neben John Lewis oben im neuen Victoria Gate.
GAMING1, seines Zeichens Experte für Onlinekasinos und Teil der Ardent Gruppe, hat ein Gemeinschaftsunternehmen mit Estoril Sol, dem portugiesischen Ableger der Unternehmensgruppe Stanley Ho, dem Betreiber der größten europäischen Kasinos (in Estoril, Lissabon und Póvoa), gegründet.
Die Novomatic Gruppe hat durch ihre Tochtergesellschaft Admiral Casinos mit Aljarafe Gran Casino, den einzigen Spielbankbetreiber in der Provinz Sevilla übernommen. Durch dieses Geschäft und die kürzlich erfolgte Eröffnung des Casino Admiral San Roque in der Provinz Cadiz setzt die österreichische Unternehmensgruppe ihre Expansionsstrategie auf dem spanischen Markt fort.
Die britische Glücksspielaufsicht hat einen Diskussionsentwurf als Reaktion auf die Verwis- chung der Grenzen zwischen einigen Social Gaming-Produkten sowie auf Fortschritte in der Glücksspieltechnologie und die zunehmende Verbreitung digitaler oder virtueller Zahlungsmit- tel, durch die es zu einem Wachstum im Markt für Glücksspiele im Zusammenhang mit elektro- nischen Sportangeboten gekommen ist, ausgearbeitet.
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Leeds to host the largest casino in North Te name and branding for the largest casino in the north of England and
Scotland, located in the heart of Leeds, is to be called ‘Victoria Gate Casino’
Globa Gaming Ventures’ super casino in the centre of Leeds, Victoria Gate Casino, has begun hiring its 200 staff members
UK NEW OPERATIONS
More than 200 jobs have been filled at the multi-million pound Victoria Gate Casino development in Leeds, which will be the UK’s third-largest casino.
Te entertainment and gaming destination, which is the first and only ‘super casino’ in the north, occupies 50,000sq.ft. and will sit alongside John Lewis at the top of the city’s new Victoria Gate.
With a capacity of 1,400, the Victoria Gate Casino will be one of the biggest entertainment venues in the city when it opens later this year. As well as gaming, it will have wall-to-wall screens for watching sport, a restaurant, function space and two bars including one selling craft beer, ales and stouts.
Victoria Gate Casino lives up to its billing as a ‘super casino’, equivalent in size to some Las Vegas venues, with one the biggest poker rooms in the country, alongside 24 tables, 140 slot machines as well as 80 electronic table games.
Te scale of the venue will generate at least 205 full-time jobs at the casino across a variety of roles including gaming, waiting and bar staff, to chefs, cashiers, greeters, security and
administrative staff – the company has committed to sourcing at least 90 per cent of employees from within the Leeds City Region.
Andrew Herd, CEO Global Gaming Ventures, the developer of Victoria Gate Casino, said: “Tis is a unique venue on a grand scale unlike anything seen before in the north of England and we are delighted to be unveiling our name, our look and our first employees. Although this is a venue in the heart of Leeds, staffed by people from the city, our customers will not just be Leeds-based – evidence shows us that a venue like a super casino attracts visitors from the region and beyond, bringing investment into the area.
“We are committed to providing jobs for more than 180 local people, training for 50 staff, plus apprenticeships and a graduate scheme,” he added. “It’s not just the scale, location and stylishness that makes the venue distinctive, what’s also different is that, unlike most casinos in the north of England, guests will be able to simply walk in as you would any other leisure venue and enjoy a meal, a drink, watch the big game and relax. We are creating a fantastic venue in the heart of the city and adding another new and exciting destination to the city’s great line up of entertainment venues.”
Portugal GAMING1 signs JV deal with Estoril Sol Group
GAMING1, the online casino expert and member of Ardent Group, has set up a joint venture with Estoril Sol, the Portuguese branch of the Stanley Ho’s Group that runs the biggest European Casinos (Estoril, Lisboa and Póvoa).
Te result of this alliance is
EstorilSolCasinos.pt which has now gone live and becomes the first licensed website to offer legal online casino in Portugal.
It is available on mobile and desktop and launches with solely GAMING1 content – 15 video slots, two roulette and one blackjack game. Sylvain Boniver, CEO of GAMING1, said: “Te creation of this joint venture demonstrates GAMING1’s strength as an all- round partner, not just a provider. We are passionate about partnering with land-based operators who want to put their business online, as this really is
part of our DNA and what makes us stand out from the rest of the industry. Tanks to our partnership model, the Estoril Sol Group benefits from the extensive expertise and involvement of the entire GAMING1 team.
Vieira Coelho, Executive Director for Estoril Sol, added: “We’ve been very impressed with GAMING1’s products and services and we’re really excited to be launching this joint venture with them. We like to enter into partnerships with companies and GAMING1 are the perfect partner for us to really target the Portuguese online casino market.”
Estoril Sol Group owns three casinos in Portugal which covers over 64 per cent of the land-based casino market. Both parties own 50 per cent of
EstorilSolCasinos.pt and bring their particular assets to the gaming table.
UK
Playtech has added three of its biggest Omni-channel slot titles to Mecca’s 12,000 Max handheld tablets across its 87 UK bingo clubs. Te addition of Omni-channel title Fortunate 5 – also available on terminals within Mecca clubs – Bounty and the Beanstalk and Who Wants to be a Millionaire comes less than a year after Playtech’s Heart of the Jungle and Adventures in Wonderland games were successfully introduced onto the Mecca Max handhelds. Rod Runnalls, Head of Slots Projects, Mecca Bingo, said: “Tis strategically important project has gone from strength-to-strength since it began last year. We can now provide a fantastic breadth and quality of content to our players who have really taken to the new games on the Mecca Max handhelds.”
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