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THE INTERVIEW


Walter Bugno: passionate about gaming


The integration of separate businesses into the new IGT has appeared seamless; leading the line is Walter Bugno, who met with Ricki Chavez-Munoz to talk business – and passion


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or all intents and purposes there has been a seamless transformation at IGT. At least, for the uninitiated this is how it appears to be. Let’s see. Just a few years back we had a US, Nevada global industry leader


with a massive presence in gaming jurisdictions the world over. International Game Technology, after the soft landing of the merger with European GTECH, is now based out of London. Or so it appears as principal executives of the new conglomerate are based in Europe rather than Nevada. However, as Nevada is the epicentre of modern gaming in the world, IGT is more of a cosmopolitan brand; more olde worlde as we say in England. Indeed, before meeting with Walter Bugno, IGT CEO International, we had to go back to basics to check on the background and career of a gaming professional with roots Down Under that had a unique Italian legacy. Although Bugno was born in Australia, the pull of the old country proved too strong in his mid-teens and he made the trip back home, so to speak. With a consummate career that has seen him


take tough decisions along the way, life in his European base in Monaco has its rewards as he is close to the home of his passion for football, or more precisely Juventus, also called La Vecchia Signora. When we met during G2E 2016 in Las Vegas, we spoke of the way of life that football is for a fan, as well as about gaming…


36 DECEMBER 2016


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