News INTERNATIONAL UPDATE Vannes licence drives closer
French city of Vannes prepares the way to open its SBEC casino in time for Christmas 2015
Vannes Mayor David Robo has now officially signed the delegation of public service with Société Bretonne d’Exploitation de Casinos (SBEC) paving the way for the future €10 m Vannes casino to open for Christmas in 2015.
The licence for Vannes, located in Brittany in north-western France, still needs approval from Ministry of the Interior but all the signs are that it will be developed in the grounds of Parc du Golfe, at the l’hôtel Mercure, in the old harbour station by licence winner SBEC. The operator will pay the city €40,000 in rent each year along with and €700,000 to 800,000 fee. Corbillé Hugo, President of the SBEC, said: We do not know whether the procedure for obtaining approval will be easy or not. Since the arrival of the new government, no new casino has filed a folder. We have heard that the state is not in favour of creating any new casinos. The Vannes Casino will create 60 to 80 jobs whilst half of our revenue will go into the state coffers. This is not an insignificant amount.”
The new casino will be competing with another casino in the SBEC portfolio as the licence in Quiberon is only 50km away. “I'm all for competition,” Mr. Hugo
Rank draws circle
with Blue Square Rank Group could be about to sell its online sports betting business Blue Square as it looks to concentrate on its casinos and bingo brands. It said Blue Square, which offers sports betting, an online casino and online slots games, as well as providing sports betting for 888, continued to make a loss and that it would 'review' the business. “The business operates solely in the digital channel of the highly competitive sports betting market where it continues to generate an operating loss,” Rank said in a statement. Rank revealed that Blue Square revenue had increased by 19 per cent back in October but that profitability would be stunted by the cost of a £2m promotional campaign. Despite its 100,000 customers, Blue Square is relatively small compared to Ladbrokes, William Hill and Paddy Power.
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added. “It creates dynamism.” With an increase in GGR of 7.69 per cent, the mayor said that SBEC was the ‘only casino group that grew between October 2011 and October 2012’
DAVID ROBO,
Mayor, Vannes, France.
“We are confident the licence will
receive the green light from the Ministry of the
Interior despite the fact that it will,
inevitably, have an impact on casinos in Morbihan and Loire-Atlantique.
The future €10m Vannes casino will sit on stilts with parking for 170 cars at ground level and a casino, restaurant and theatre above. The permanent casino and restaurant will be open all year and will create sixty jobs, generating tax for the local council of €1.2m per year with 80,000 visitors expected in the first year.
SBEC, which already operates 16 gaming floors with various partners, including those in Saint-Quay-Portrieux, Quiberon and soon Larmor-Plage, will operate the new casino for 20 years after which time the casino will become the property of the town of Vannes. It is hoping to open a temporary casino in March 2014.
SPIELO enters Spanish bar sector with Costa Calida
Spielo International is entering the bar market in Spain through its recently signed contract with Costa Cálida, which gives Costa Cálida exclusive distribution rights for the type B market in Spain.
A three-month field trial is underway in the Murcia and Valencia regions, where Spielo International’s delite cabinets, featuring the globally-proven top performer, Sphinx, have been installed in bars as well as in arcades.
Around 1,000 delite cabinets will be installed across Spain during the first year, and increased numbers are expected for subsequent years.
Spielo International’s Don Doucet, Vice-President of Business Strategy and Development, said: “We are pleased to be working with such a strong distribution partner as Costa Cálida. We have an established presence in the Spanish Casino market, and our goal is to become a leading manufacturer in the Spanish type B market over the next few years, recreating the success we’ve had in Italy.”
Juan Nicolás Sánchez, Chief Executive Officer, Costa Cálida, added: “We are looking forward to a long-term business relationship with Spielo International.”
INTERBLOCK Y SPIRIT GAMING HAN unido sus fuerzas para llevar a cabo un proyecto especial instalado dentro del Casino Baden, que se ha convertido en el primer casino de Suiza en ofrecer a sus jugadores la Interblock G4 Organic Island. El Grand Casino Baden se ha sometido a una importante reforma, con una inver- sión en la tecnología de juego más mod- erna destinada a colocar este casino a la vanguardia del juego y el entretenimiento en Suiza.
SPIELO G2 HA FIRMADO UN acuerdo de cooperación con el provee- dor de loterías líder Norsk Tipping para que este lance su primera gama de pro- ductos de iGaming en exclusiva para el mercado noruego. La cooperación está prevista para un período de cinco años con opción a una ampliación de un año, a discreción de Norsk Tipping.
PODRÍAN PONERSE A LA VENTA SEIS licencias de casino británicas para garantizar que sale adelante la adquisi- ción de Gala por parte de Rank. Rank, que ya opera 35 casinos a través de sus marcas Grosvenor y G Casino, podría verse forzada a deshacerse de hasta seis de sus licencias existentes o bien evitar seis de las licencias de Gala para con- seguir que la Comisión Antimonopolio dé su visto bueno a esta operación de 205 millones de libras.
NET ENTERTAINMENT ESTÁ UNIENDO fuerzas con Paddy Power Group para suministrar a la casa de apuestas irlan- desa toda una gama de contenidos de juego tanto móvil como para navegador a partir de finales de 2012. El acuerdo viene a reforzar el catálogo de Paddy Power con juegos que están entre los más avanzados del mercado.
EL CASINO SKYCITY DE ADELAIDA HA recibido la luz verde para doblar su cuota de juegos de mesa y lanzar otras 505 máquinas tragaperras, en lo que supone una enorme expansión que incluirá el desarrollo de un hotel seis estrellas con boutiques. El acuerdo supondrá para el casino una mayor carga fiscal, pero se convertirá en el casino más vanguardista del país en términos de lucha contra la ludopatía.
EL ARROYO GRANDE RESORT AND Spa incluirá un casino con 500 máquinas tragaperras que abrirá sus puertas en 2014 en la punta meridional de la penín- sula de Baja California, en pleno corazón de Los Cabos. El complejo de hotel y spa de cinco estrellas ofrecerá 200 lujosas suites y habitaciones de invitados con unas vistas espectaculares sobre el océano y, en concreto, sobre el punto donde el arroyo desemboca en el Mar de Cortés.
LAS AUTORIDADES DEL JUEGO danesas han emitido licencias online de un año a una serie de compañías de juego tanto locales como extranjeras, a la vez que han ampliado a cinco años las licencias de la mayoría de sus oper- adores ya existentes. Las citadas autori- dades danesas emitieron 38 licencias de operador y dieron el visto bueno a 200 nombres de dominio para alojar juego online en Dinamarca.
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