News INTERNATIONAL UPDATE Grand Palladium expansion
GLI SOUTH AMERICA, a division of Gaming Laboratories International (GLI), has entered into an agreement with El Instituto de Asistencia Social Formoseño. As part of the agreement,
GLI South America will perform numerous tasks to improve various gaming regulatory activities.
The commitment to work together was signed in mid-December by GLI South America and the Social Welfare Institute (IAS) from Formosa Province. Both sides will begin working in a first stage that covers the survey of number of machines, the online control system, the infrastructure, regulations, procedures, certifications and training.
Spanish operator Fiesta has warned without a casino it won’t be expanding in Jamaica
Spanish operator Fiesta has warned without a casino licence it won’t be able to go ahead with the proposed US$250m expansion at the Grand Palladium Resort in Point, Lucea, in Jamaica. The proposed renovation includes the development of 245 ocean-facing royal suites and 550 regular suites, a convention centre and entertainment facility and a golf course.
Dimitris Kosvogiannis, country manager for Fiesta, said: “We do think that the casino is much more than a physical structure and that without a casino, the construction of the rooms of that magnitude, about 800, is not realistic within this economic environment. Casinos attract junkets, which are groups of gamblers with specific destinations, and obviously those gamblers need to stay and consume the services of the hotel. So without it we see it as very unrealistic in the economic environment to just build rooms and wait for some abstract date to obtain a casino licence.”
The 2010 Casino Gaming Act states that no more than three integrated resort developments, with licenced facilities for casino gaming, will be allowed to operate in Jamaica. As well as a casino licence the group said it wants to obtain a licence from the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) for the development of a beach at the property. Gaming laws were approved in Jamaica in November last year when two bills that allow casinos to be built on the island for the first time were unanimously approved. There are currently just a few hundred slots in operation at hotels in Kingston and in popular tourist areas.
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Gran Canaria appeals to Russian casino investors
Russian investors involved in the development of the Costa Afortunada hotel business in Tarajalillo on the island of Gran Canaria, located in the Canary Islands, want to install a casino in one of the four hotels they are currently constructing.
The €1,600m project is the first ever Russian investment on the island. It will bring 7,000 hotel rooms to the region with the investors behind it believing tying a casino into the plans makes perfect sense. However with there being two casinos already in the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, sources close to the market believe it would be ‘very difficult’ to get another license approved for the Canary Islands.
Indeed the south of Gran Canaria is one of the few areas in Spain that already has the privilege of having two casino licenses with the Gran Casino Costa Meloneras and the Casino Las Palmas . One source believes it is more likely that the Russian investors purchase one of the existing licences and relocate it to be part of the project.
Only two years ago, Las Palmas Gran Casino completed a €7m move to the port area of Las Palmas following 23 years of operation in the Hotel Santa Catalina. Having long wanted the move it is doubtful whether the venue’s owners; Spanish operating giant Cirsa and local businessman Juan Padron, would want to relocate again.
GLI South America has the right combination of experience in working with cutting-edge technology from GLI and the integrity and prestige of the La Plata National University (UNLP), a fact that allows GLI to provide excellent advice. This contributes to the game device manufacturers compliance with a certain number of rules to ensure, among other things, that the applied software does not contains defects, traps or vulnerabilities, thus avoiding damage to the players, the owners of the game rooms, the official agencies or to the game manufacturers.
GLI Director of Latin American and Caribbean Development Karen Sierra- Hughes (pictured) said: “The confidence placed by the IAS Formoseño in our laboratory joins the other important regulators as well as major manufacturers that certify their products with GLI South America.”
SPECIALIST OEM solution provider, International brand Gaming, has been
appointed as sales agents by Sanken Power Systems (UK) enabling them to sell the range of gaming/kiosk power supply solutions. Sanken continue to develop new innovative power solutions for the gaming and kiosk markets, and to coincide with the launch of their new ‘video’ PSU, Sanken and iBrand Gaming have created the ideal partnership to take the product forward into new customers, in new markets.
The new ‘video’ wide ranging power supply utilises Sanken’s leading technology which includes interleaved PFC and synchronous rectification. Its power sharing capability between outputs, complements modern 12v & 24v ‘multi-video’ cabinet designs. “I am delighted that we are now working with Sanken’ said John Malin, iBrand Gaming, Managing Director. “We are excited about introducing their range of gaming and kiosk PSU’s to our expanding customer base in Europe.”
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