Grand Casino Baden Believes in Evolution
Evolution Gaming has been selected by Switzerland’s Grand Casino Baden as its online Live Casino partner on
www.jackpots.ch for the Swiss market
Te full suite of Evolutions’ Live Casino games were made available to the casino and its platform partner Gamanza on July 1, 2019
SWITZERLAND INTERACTIVE
Evolution’s full suite of Live Casino games have gone live with platform partner, Gamanza, ensuring that Grand Casino Baden with its
www.jackpots.ch website was amongst the first casinos to launch an online Live Casino for players in the new market, as Switzerland’s new online gambling laws were finally enforced on July 1, 2019.
Grand Casino Baden’s Evolution-powered Live Casino service will allow remote customers to play a rich mix of online live games from Evolution’s wide-ranging, award-winning portfolio on
www.jackpots.ch. Tese games — all available to play on smartphone, tablet and desktop — include live dealer Roulette, Blackjack and Baccarat, as well as numerous live dealer Poker variants and also Game Show style games such as Lightning Roulette.
Explaining the decision to partner with Evolution Gaming, Marcel Tobler, Chief Financial Officer at Grand Casino Baden, said: “Tis was an easy decision for us. Evolution has an excellent record in helping its licensees to launch world-class Live Casino services into regulated markets globally. At Grand Casino Baden we pride ourselves on providing an unrivalled range of offers and service to our
Spain Betting on Sports 2020 heads to Barcelona
Sports Betting Community has announced that its Betting on Sports event is to relocate to Barcelona in 2020 as part of international expansion plans across the sports betting and gaming industries.
Betting on Sports 2020 will now be held at Fira Barcelona on 8-11 September. Betting on Sports has been staged at Olympia London since 2017 - and the conference centre is once again the venue for the forthcoming Betting on Sports 2019 (17-20 September) - but SBC has recognised that a new venue is required to facilitate the further expansion anticipated in 2020 as the success of this year’s event has seen the Betting on Sports reaching capacity in London.
Rasmus Sojmark, CEO & Founder of SBC, said: “Betting on Sports is known for its commitment to high
quality content and delegate experience, as well as providing great business opportunities, which has resulted in a rapidly growing international appeal. As the show continues to expand and evolve, it's important for us to stay true to the core values that define the event.
“We have chosen Barcelona because it has world-class hotels, transport links and attractions to ensure delegates enjoy a great time in the city. Fira Barcelona provides a large and centrally located venue to continue to deliver on this promise. Coupled with the growing betting and gaming market in Spain, Barcelona was an easy choice to make.”
Te decision to move Betting on Sports to Barcelona has received a warm welcome from key stakeholders in the industry.
players. Harnessing Evolution’s Live Casino will undoubtedly help us to consolidate and develop our position as one of Europe’s most highly regarded casinos.”
James Stern, Chief Business Development Officer – America & Land-based at Evolution, commented: “We are of course delighted to have been chosen by another of Switzerland’s top land-based casinos. Te Evolution portfolio fits perfectly with Grand Casino Baden’s “House of Entertainment” concept. We are very confident that our live games portfolio, including not only casino classics but also Game Show style games, will prove to be very popular indeed with the casino’s clientele and will also help to attract further new visitors to the land-based venue.”
Marketing itself as a “House of Entertainment” open 365 days of the year, Grand Casino Baden offers a high-quality mix of exciting gaming, entertainment and events, and fine cuisine. Te range of casino classics on the casino’s two gaming floors includes not only Blackjack and Roulette, but also a wide choice of Poker games. Tis has resulted in the casino gaining a reputation as Switzerland’s Poker mecca, now offering the largest range of cash games in the country and over 350 tournaments a year.
France
French casino operator Partouche has benefited from a series of renovations which have pushed its second quarter revenues up by seven per cent. Gaming revenues reached €168.1m beating the 5.4 per cent felt by the French casino industry as a whole. For Partouche, slots increased by 3.9 per cent to €115.5m with electronic table gaming surging by 13.2 per cent to € 24m. Te operator cited the success of the new Casino de Pornic in Loire-Atlantique which it transferred from its previous site in November 2018 after an investment of €10m, as being key to its growth. Te new venue saw its gaming revenues up by 53.4 per cent Abroad, online games and sports betting continued their strong growth in Belgium up by €3.1m.
ARMENIA – TotoGaming, a highly anticipated new sportsbook and online casino, is now taking on international markets, after months of hard work to build a fine betting product.
The team of professional iGaming specialist brought the brand to iGB Live, at RAI Amsterdam, Stand N30. Powered by Digitain, TotoGaming includes several competitive features: variety of high odds on almost any sports, engaging visualizations, super-fast Live betting, over 400 in-house traders covering 65 sports, 7500 leagues, 3,000 betting markets, 40,000 pre-match monthly events and 30,000 real live monthly events.
The variety of gaming experiences are supported by a superior customer service, multiple payment solutions and content in several languages.
Victoria Poghosyan, the Deputy COO of TotoGaming comments on the launch: “We are very excited about the international launch of TotoGaming. This brand has been active in Armenian local market for over 15 years. The team will be in Amsterdam to celebrate our launch with the iGaming community, and of course, we will come with surprises for affiliates and their most meticulous players”.
GERMANY – Mathias Dahms is taking over the management of Merkur Sports and Gaming in the Gauselmann Group with immediate effect. Mathias Dahms is stepping down from his
previous role as operations manager of the XTiP sports betting brand in Germany to concentrate on the core task of positioning the Gauselmann Group for the sports betting market in Germany, which will be licensed in future.
The regulation of the sports betting market in Germany as of 2020 will bring many new challenges for the companies. Mathias Dahms will in future also work closely with the management of Merkur Sportwetten and will strategically further develop sports betting in the Gauselmann Group. The most important issues for the future include convergence and the digital transformation of various gaming platforms that the Group offers.
SPAIN – Local communes in Vila Seca and Salou have registered a request for the Minister of Territory and Sustainability, Damià Calvet, to appear in a Parliament committee to explain if the government is making progress with the land for the Hard Rock Entertainment World venue. The request, signed by Deputy David Cid asks that the councillor provide an update on “the negotiations being carried out by the Government of the Generalitat and Incasol for the purchase of land.”
NEWSWIRE / INTERACTIVE / MARKET DATA P17 EMEA
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76
