Odyssey Seeks to Acquire Olympic EMEA
Durch im panamaischen Amtsblatt veröffentlichte neue Richtlinien werden Glücksspielbetreibern einige neue Pflichten aufer- legt. Spielautomaten der Klassen A und C werden jetzt über einen mit der Glücksspielaufsicht (JCJ) verbundenen zentralen Regierungsserver laufend überwacht, um den Gesamtbetrag der Einsätze in Echtzeit zu erfassen.
Der mexikanische Innenminister (SEGOB) hat bekanntgegeben, dass im Bundesstaat Yucatán derzeit keine weiteren Zulassungen erteilt werden.
Die argentinische Regierung meldet die Verlängerung der Frist zur Abgabe von Geboten im Rahmen der öffentlichen Ausschreibung für den Betrieb von sieben Spielbanken in der Provinz Buenos bis zum 27. Juni. Die zusätzlichen 90 Tage sollen laut dem amtlichen Mitteilungsblatt der Regierung potenziellen Betreibern die Unterbre- itung ihrer Angebote ermöglichen.
Interblock meldet die Ansiedelung der ersten PULSE ARENA Lateinamerikas im Sun Monticello Casino in Chile. Die unter dem Namen SiSun Gaming Bar eröffnete interaktive, soziale Stadion- spiellandschaft beinhaltet die größte Videowand in Chile.
Es wird erwartet, dass die Ergebnisse des Bieterwettbewerbs um die sieben Spielbanken in den chilenischen Provinzhauptstädten nunmehr zwischen dem 1. und 19. Juni 2018 bekanntgegeben werden.
In der Ausschreibung befinden sich Spielbankzulassungen für die Provinzhauptstädte Arica, Iquique, Coquimbo, Viña del Mar, Pucón, Puerto Varas und Puerto Natales. Obwohl mit Enjoy und Sun Dreams nur zwei Betreiber Gebote für die größten Spielbanken eingereicht haben, ist davon auszugehen, dass das Ausschreibungsver- fahren immense Auswirkungen auf die Branche haben wird.
Die Odyssey Europe AS plant ein freiwilliges Angebot zur Übernahme aller ausstehenden Anteile an der Olympic Entertainment Group, dem in Tallinn ansässigen und an der dortigen Nasdaq notierten Betreiber von ortsfesten und Online- Kasinos und -Wettbüros.
Die Unternehmensgruppe Baden- Württembergische Spielbanken ist in Deutschland 2017 nach einem Zuwachs um 4,8 Prozent in 2016 mit einem Umsatzplus von 4,89 Prozent erneut gewachsen. Der Bruttospielertrag ihrer drei Spielbanken in Stuttgart, Baden-Baden und Kon- stanz belief sich auf 86,09 Mio. Euro.
Der südafrikanische Spielbankbetreiber Sun International hat zum Schuldenabbau einige seiner verlustreichen Betriebsstätten im In- und Ausland geschlossen und die Schließung weiterer Standorte angekündigt, sollte sich die Ertragslage nicht bessern. Geschlossen werden das Fish River Sun Resort am Ostkap, das Sun Nao Casino in Kolumbien, im Bild, und die Internationalen VIP- Geschäftsbereiche sowohl in Südafrika als auch in Panama.
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Odyssey Europe has made a VTO offer to acquire 100 per cent of the outstanding shares of Olympic Entertainment Group at a price of €1.90 in cash per share
In a deal that sounds like something from Clash of the Titans, Odyssey Europe bids to acquire the Estonia-based operator, Olympic Entertainment
ESTONIA CASINO OPERATIONS
Odyssey Europe AS intends to make a voluntary takeover offer for all outstanding shares of Olympic Entertainment Group, the Tallinn- headquartered land-based and online casino and betting operator listed on the Nasdaq Tallinn Stock Exchange. Te offer will be for €1.90 in cash per OEG share. Tis cash offer is expected to be published on 4 April 2018 and values OEG at some €288m. OE AS is a fully owned subsidiary of funds advised by Novalpina Capital, a UK private equity firm.
Te two founders and major shareholders of OEG, Armin Karu and Jaan Korpusov, have signed binding agreements with OE AS whereby they have irrevocably committed to tender their aggregate shares, representing 64 per cent of the total OEG shares outstanding, in the voluntary takeover offer. OE AS has entered into a Business Combination Agreement with OEG agreeing to delist OEG from Nasdaq Tallinn Stock Exchange following the Offer, subject to a shareholder resolution passed with a simple majority of the votes at an OEG General
Meeting. OE AS subsequently intends to merge both companies subject to a shareholder resolution passed by at least two thirds of the votes at an OEG General Meeting.
Armin Karu, Founder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of OEG, said: “Starting from a small operation in Estonia 25 years ago I am proud to have built OEG into a formidable business with best-in-class operations and strong positions across six EU markets. Te Novalpina Capital team has significant experience in investing in companies and helping them expand both geographically and digitally. We are impressed by their vision for the business and I am convinced they are the right shareholder to take OEG forward. As the largest shareholder, I consider the price to be fair and I recommend other shareholders to take up the offer.”
Te completion of the VTO is subject to customary closing conditions, the details of which will be set out in the April 4 prospectus.
Spain DGOJ calls for discussion ahead of online reforms
Te Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ) has initiated the preliminary public consultation for the modifications that regulate all forms of online gambling. Any citizen, organisation or association has until March 21st to contact the gaming board via
dgoj.sgregulacion@
minhafp.es with any suggestions that might be used to improve online regulation in the future.
According to the DGOJ, the aim of the consultation is to apply the right modifications to ministerial decrees when it comes to the context of the online gaming market. Decrees will be put in place in order to improve player protection measures, look at ways to protect minors, strengthen measures against fraud, money laundering and other criminal activities and enhance the online gaming marketplace. Te new decrees also seek to put in place player protection measures for online gaming which were not present when the government first
opened up the market in 2011 and will cover new modes of play that were not present either.
Te discussion will also look at mechanisms to strengthen the prevention and fight against fraud within the framework of sports betting or other events such as e- sports. It will also be used to clarify the different types of gaming that can be offered under different licenses. At the same time, the decrees will also address and systematise the framework under which certain games would be commercialized when the regulatory framework is not currently satisfactory. Tese will include new games such as daily fantasy sports and bets on virtual sports or games played via live casino other than roulette. It will also simplify certain requirements relating to new modes of play for already existing games.
According to the DGOJ, the discussion is also necessary due to the innovative nature of the online gaming market in Spain.
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