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Austria’s Sleeping Giant Awakens EMEA


NOVOMATIC Group has implemented comprehensive COVID-19 measures and safety protocols to guarantee a safe environment for guests and employees


“We are now alive again with many of our group-wide gaming operations under the various international brands.” Ryszard Presch, NOVOMATIC AG


AUSTRIA GAMING OPERATIONS


GREECE – Greek Investment Minister Adonis Georgiadis has said that the casino and two hotels being planned for the landmark plot of Athens’ former international airport on the southern coast at Elliniko will be ready for business by 2024.


He added that building work would get underway in early July and would be inaugurated by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Mr. Georgiadis explained that it would take three years to demolish around 900 structures on the plot. The casino element will be called InspireAthens and is being developed by Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment, and its Greek partner GEK TERNA.


The resort will consist of a luxury hotel, entertainment venues, convention center, shopping, dining, casino, and a comprehensive mix of premium amenities. The development will help launch a new era of tourism growth and economic prosperity for all of Greece and the entire region.


The iconic design of the building was created by Steelman Partners, an international architectural firm specialising in IRC design and development. The concept form draws inspiration from the architectural history of Greece, particularly from Athenian sculptures and buildings including the Acropolis and the Caryatids. The Inspire Athens development is estimated to create more than 7,000 jobs in the region.


MALTA – Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has renewed its partnership with business intelligence provider Qlik Tech International, allowing GiG to offer enhanced business intelligence (BI) through its real- time data platform GiG Data. The introduction of enhanced data visualisation will enable GiG’s partners to visually analyse their real-time data insights via the self-serve dashboard.


GiG carried out extensive research into data visualisation tools, ranging from open source to off the shelf options to ensure the selection would best serve its partner’s data needs. Qlik was selected based on its simple interactive dashboard delivery and straight forward process of securely embedding into GiG’s platform. Qlik’s solutions complement GiG’s data platform by enhancing user-driven self- service business intelligence, which enables operators to make better decisions and to create a data-driven iGaming business.


Chris Armes, Chief Information Officer, GiG: “We are happy to have partnered with Qlik for the data visualization for our data platform. In the selection process, it was evident that Qlik mirrors GiG’s commitment to data excellence, the collaboration allows us to best serve our partners business intelligence needs.’’


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Safeguarding our guests and employees within our gaming operations is the number one priority in the organisation right now”, said Ryszard Presch, Member of the Board of NOVOMATIC AG. “During the past weeks, we’ve had plenty of time to prepare a comprehensive catalogue of safety measures and protocols for the day, when we would be able to welcome players again in our venues.”


Te reopening plan for the gaming operations is strictly aligned with the various national governments’ reopening roadmaps as well as regional recommendations. While in some countries the goal to “flatten the curve” has already been achieved and, with the loosening of the economic restrictions, life gradually returns to something resembling normality, in other countries with a stronger pandemic impact, governments are still cautious. Accordingly, the reopening schedule for the gaming venues strongly depends on the respective national – and in some cases regional – COVID-19 policy.


Te NOVOMATIC catalogue of safeguarding measures for the gaming venues was developed by a multi-national committee of casino and arcade experts, strictly aligned to the recommendations of public health professionals. It is first and foremost based on extensive staff training to guarantee a high acceptance of all measures among employees and enable them to efficiently communicate the importance of adhering to safety requirements


Proposed bill to cripple the gaming industry in Bulgaria is rejected


Bulgaria


A lone politician in Bulgaria presented a bill in June that sent the industry into a frenzy. Aiming to close 638 land-based casinos and slot halls by the end of 2025 and instigate governmental control, the majority of the Parliament abstained from voting, stopping it in its tracks, but not before it created international headlines.


Valeri Simeonov, head of the National Front for Salvation of Bulgaria (NFSB), brought forward the bill that would only allow casinos in five-star hotels


to guests while maintaining a welcoming atmosphere in the venues. Apart from the provision of personal protective equipment for guests, rigorous disinfection protocols for gaming equipment and fixtures were introduced. Physical spacers or extra space between individual seating positions, plexiglass panels at receptions and other desk positions plus a floor traffic management for critical areas further help to limit the interaction between staff and guests as well as among guests.


In the key markets of Germany, Italy and Spain, amongst others, as well as in the Balkans region, many arcades and casinos have successfully resumed operations following the relaxation of measures during the past weeks. Despite ongoing restrictions supporting health and safety measures, which are gratefully accepted by the guests, visitor numbers are recovering well and give reason for optimism.


In the UK, where leading B2C brands trading as ADMIRAL have cemented the NOVOMATIC Group’s position as the leading arcade operator, the arcades currently remain closed. Tis is in spite of official confirmation that a re-opening that was announced for last week, but was then withdrawn with little notice. Still, preparations have been meticulously implemented to provide safeguarding for guests and staff alike and to warrant that the arcades now provide a safe and hospitable gaming entertainment environment ready to open as soon as the restrictions are lifted.


and at 10 resorts located within 20km of the border. He wanted casinos to realign in Bulgaria to focus on foreign players in tourist resorts rather than locals. Te bill would estimated to wipe out all but 15 per cent of the existing casino sector.


Te Bulgarian Gaming Association BTAGI said the bill would see 638 casinos close with 30,000 people losing their jobs. It said: “Te project submitted by MP Valeri Simeonov creates conditions for an uncontrollable increase in illegal gambling. Global practice shows that the restriction of regulatory opportunities for the development of the gaming industry creates a favourable ground for the development of illegal gambling.”


Greece


Before the COVID-19 closures, Greek operator OPAP saw its revenues improve by 1.7 per cent during the three-month period ended March 31, 2020. Te closures from March 14 led to reduced net income of 17.1 per cent to €328.3m. Gross profit from games decreased by 20.5 per cent to €122.3m, while on a recurring basis until March 13 it remained at positive levels. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) in the first quarter of 2020 fell by 23.6 per cent €86.4m. Having now reopened its business with restrictive measures, OPAP said it has seen ‘gradual signs of recovery following the partial lifting of restrictive measures.’


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