Andorra Tender Points in Right Direction EMEA
More details have emerged regarding how the new casino licence will be awarded for the single casino, which will be permitted in Andorra, located on the border between France and Spain.
In 2013, the government first gave the go ahead to a single casino licence. Casinos had until then been banned from the Catalan- speaking country
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POLAND – LV BET has become the Official Partner of PlusLiga and the Polish Women's Volleyball League. The contract will run for the duration of the current season. This is the next edition of LV BET cooperation with volleyball after the sponsorship of CEV EUROVOLLEY POLAND 2017.
"We have gained another partner who will support and help us in the dynamic development of PlusLiga and the Polish Women's Volleyball League. LV BET has dynamically entered the market of sports sponsorship and we are pleased with their future plans with Polish club volleyball. This new partner will certainly contribute to the creation of the best sports events in our country," emphasised Artur Popko, President of the Polish Professional Volleyball League.
Under the agreement, the LV BET logo will appear on LED screens during the volleyball league matches. The cooperation also encompasses a number of activities in social media and on the websites of the Professional Volleyball League.
AUSTRIA – Greentube has rolled out its market- leading game content with online gaming operator GVC Holdings. A broad selection of new and proven slot games - all seamlessly integrated via Greentube’s NRGS platform - have launched across GVC Group’s vast array of brands such as bwin, partypoker and PartyCasino.
Amongst the titles on offer are premium NOVOMATIC blue-chip slots such as Book of Ra, Lucky Lady’s Charm and Sizzling Hot, as well as a selection of popular casino games from Greentube’s subsidiaries and third-party providers.
Gernot Baumgartner, Head of Marketing & Sales at Greentube, commented: “We are very proud of another successful launch and we are happy to offer world-class interactive Greentube content to GVC players in various key markets.”
Liron Snir, CPO at GVC, added: "Our focus over the past 18 months has been to build the most exciting portfolio of casino games available anywhere on the market. The addition of NOVOMATIC content is a great step forward on this journey. We are very excited to be able to offer our customers this incredible and expanding range of new content."
LATVIA – The Latvian government is looking to cash in on the nation’s love of live dealer gaming online by increasing the licence fee. However operators will now only have to pay per licence rather than per table. The new fees, which will be introduced at the start of the New Year, will increase from €11,700 to €400,000 ($475,900) per year.
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Storm International opens its new SL Casino in Riga
Latvia
Casino operator Storm International is expanding its operations with a new property – SL Casino Riga. Te new casino is located in the centre of the capital of Latvia in the newly built Grand Hotel Kempinski.
Te total area of the complex is 625sq.m and the casino will employ 150 people. Gaming equipment is provided by leading manufacturers, including Cammegh, Novomatic, Aristocrat, IGT and EGT. Te IT systems including, casino and slot management software, has been developed
by the internal IT department of Storm International.
SL Casino Riga is a part of Shangri La casinos chain currently operating in Tbilisi, Yerevan and Minsk. Te new club-style property will provide its guests with 10 gaming tables and 51 slot machines, two bars and a lounge area. Te art-deco interiors with rich woods, Italian furniture and fabrics, exclusive British carpets and well-thought through lighting create a comfortable and relaxing atmosphere. Te casino consists of two floors: the first floor dedicated to the slot-machines, while table games are located on the second floor. Tere is also a private room for those who prefer higher limits, including tables and slot machines.
According to Te Andorran Gaming Control Board (CRAJ), operators must show availability of land, building or premises for the casino and show that it must have at least 2,000sq.m. for the public, not including terraces and outdoor spaces. Once this has been established the board, along with other government bodies, will award points based on a number of key criteria. Te maximum score will stand at 100.
A maximum of 10 points will be awarded based on the architectural design and if the building is to be used exclusively for the casino and its complementary services. In addition, up to five points will be awarded on the casino’s location with the highest score being awarded to those located in a central location with the highest concentration of tourist services available.
Fifteen points will also be awarded on the quality of the proposed project, its integration into the landscape, safety, sustainable design, the number of parking spaces as well as the surface area of the casino and the quality of the
catering services on offer. Meanwhile CRAJ will award a maximum of ten points when it comes to the economic guarantees that the project will be able to bring. Specifically, one point will be awarded for each additional €350,000 that are allocated to the project of up to a maximum of five additional points; a point will also be given if 10 per cent of the shares of the property are offered locally while another fifteen points will be allocated to assess the economic benefits the casino will bring.
Ten points will be used to assess the generation and quality of jobs while the Ministry of Tourism will be in charge of evaluating the impact the project will have on the local tourism industry. In addition, CRAJ will award up to 10 points based on the past experience of the casino operator as well as the quality of the games which will be on offer as well as the admission and control procedures of the casino. Up to three points will be awarded if the operator has a social responsibility and responsible gaming plan in place.
UK
TransAct Technologies will launch direct sales and support operations for casino and gaming customers throughout Europe on January 1.
TransAct’s new direct European sales team, led by Robert Denham, Vice President of Sales and Product Management, will be focused on the Company’s casino and gaming solutions portfolio, including its Epic Edge and Epic 950 ticket-in/ticket- out printers, the Epic 880 and Epic 430 roll-fed printers, the Epic 3000 lottery printer, and its industry-unique Epicentral promotion and bonusing software solution.
Te company stated: “TransAct expects that the shift from working with a distributor to a direct sales and service team to support European customers will result in more effective customer interaction and service which will drive an improvement in its international casino and gaming contributions going forward.”
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