CONTENTS JUNE 2013 4
www.casinointernational-online.com Editor’s letter
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NEWS STATESIDE Sharon Harris brings the US news
F&B Marcin Miller runs the rule over rum,
aka The Next Big Thing RUSSIA
Just what is going on in Russian gaming? A new regular column for CI
LATINO AMERICA Ricki Chavez Munoz brings the hot news
from South America
MACAU BUSINESS The latest news and features from
Asia’s finest business magazine
SAYING GOODBYE Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr steps down from
the AGA; we say goodbye
G2E ASIA We look at the good, the bad and the
ugly from the recent gaming show
FAB BACCARAT Venetian Macao is enjoying great
success with an exciting new game
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SK+G MARKETING John Schadler speaks about the company’s
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t’s always good to get the chance to bid someone bon voyage, farewell, good luck and all the rest, and in this issue
Sharon Harris has written a great piece about outgoing AGA presi- dent Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr; it starts on page 30. Join us in wishing America’s ‘public face of gaming’ well. Elsewhere, we review G2E Asia on page 34, and we
welcome a regular new contribution about Russia and gaming which you can read on page 14. R Franco’s Tombola Roulette is praised by the Hippodrome’s Simon Thomas on page 46, and John Schadler of Vegas-based marketing specialists SK+G is interviewed on 44. It’s an issue we’re quite proud of, and hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed putting it together! Jon Bruford, Managing Editor
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