Waterland to Replace Middelkerke Casino
Napoleon Games is expanding its casino operations with the creation of a new location on the Belgian coast to replace the Middelkerke casino
Futuristic arched casino complex set to replace the Middelkerke casino on the Belgian coast according to developer
NETHERLANDS OPERATIONS
Private equity firm Waterland Private Equity will take over the operation of Belgium’s Middelkerke Casino licence on the Belgian coast, through its Belgian subsidiary Napoleon Games, in September.
Te UK’s Rank Group was the previous holder of the Middelkerke casino licence, which is located on the coast of the North Sea in the province of West Flanders. Waterland, based in the Netherlands, has been granted a 15-year licence. It said it would close the existing casino on the seafront and develop a futuristic, arched casino complex., stretching 20 meters high into the air to form a glass wave in the central Epernay Square. It will cost €30m. Under the arch will be housed an event square of 1,200 square meters for all seasons. At the foot of the arch there is a multipurpose room of 650 square meters and space for commercial uses. Te hotel will have three floors with 60 rooms.
Mayor Janna Rommel-Opstaele said: "We are extremely satisfied. Tis can only benefit our citizens, businesses and tourists. After a long legal battle, this is a relief. I would like to
UK
BetConstruct has successfully added both Casino and Pool Betting to its B2C UKGC Remote gambling licences. Tis is a variation of BetConstruct’s existing remote sports betting licence, granted in 2016.
“We have worked tirelessly in growing in a number of significant regulated markets and the UK is a very important part of this for BetConstruct. We have already secured a number of high profile UK facing clients and 2017 will see this grow exponentially. Having the addition of casino and pool betting to our market- leading sportsbook will equip our partners to compete in the UK,” commented BetConstruct COO Sergey Harutyunyan.
“BetConstruct is constantly looking at new opportunities for growth and strengthen their presence in core regulated markets,” he added.
Century snaps up chance of filling Olympic’s shoes
Poland
Century Casinos’ subsidiary Casinos Poland has received approval from the Ministry of Finance to move its second casino license in Warsaw to a different location.
Te Century license currently operated at LIM center on a gaming floor of less than 3,000sq.ft will be moved to a 17,000sq.ft gaming floor situated at the Hilton hotel in Warsaw. Te location is well established, as Casinos Poland’s main competitor in the Warsaw market used to operate its flagship casino there until their casino license expired in late 2016.
Casinos Poland will refurbish the new venue, which will offer approximately 24 gaming tables and 70 slot machines,
and plans to open it in the second half of Q2 2017. “We are excited about this new location and believe it has the potential to contribute significantly to Casinos Poland’s successful performance,” Erwin Haitzmann and Peter Hoetzinger, Co CEOs of Century Casinos, said.
Olympic Entertainment Group’s Polish subsidiary Casino Polonia-Wrocław, which operated the flagship casino of OEG in Warsaw until September 2016, Olympic Casino Sunrise, submitted to the court its bankruptcy petition.
Te Baltic-based operator had informed back in September that its bid for a local specific activity license had been rejected by the Ministry of Finance. Olympic Casino Sunrise had been open for nine years. Te casino generated GGR of €9.4m and operating profit of €500,000 in the first half of 2016.
emphasize that the construction of this new casino to Middelkerke will not cost the taxpayer anything. It will certainly be unique.”
During the two year construction of the arch, the casino will be relocated to a temporary venue. Napoleon Games has two of the nine Belgian A licences, having already bought the nearby Knokke Casino.
Napoleon Games also operates 22 gaming arcades, of which most are located in Flanders. It also owns street operator JvH in the Netherlands. Napoleon Games is one of the Belgian market leaders in gaming and sports betting. Te group is primarily known for its succesful online platform (
napoleongames.be), and is among others sponsoring AA Gent, the reigning champion in Belgian football, as well as the professional cycling team Sunweb- Napoleon Games. Over the last few years, the group has grown rapidly and completed its product offering through significant investments in the online platform. In February 2016, the company opened Live Casino studio in partnership with Evolution Gaming.
SOUTH AFRICA – Kiron Interactive has extended its operations in Africa after agreeing a deal with Dafabet – Asia’s No 1 online betting and gaming site. The specialist virtuals provider will make a number of its racing titles, including horse racing, dog racing, and motor racing available to Dafabet for both its online and retail operations in Africa. The operator has recently taken its first steps into the African market, launching in Kenya.
The deal comes just weeks after Kiron expanded into South America with IVISA, an Argentina- licensed lottery and gaming solutions supplier with both retail and online channels.
Steven Spartinos, CEO of Kiron Interactive, said: “We are always looking to establish strong partnerships in new and exciting regulated territories and that’s exactly what we have achieved with Dafabet. Continuing our growth into the African continent with an established brand such as Dafabet offers an exciting prospect and one which we are sure will yield great result especially in the rapidly developing online and mobile betting space in Africa.”
UK – SIS has announced the appointment of Sandra McWilliams as its new Sales Director. The move supports the company’s on-going efforts to further drive its offer internationally, as well as expanding its customer base
in the UK and Ireland.
McWilliams has over 15 years’ experience in various sales roles, most recently as Director of Sales with payment firm Equiniti. She has previously worked in the online gambling industry, having enjoyed a four-year spell as Sales Director at Experian, providing data and security services to online operators.
McWilliams, who started her new role in April, said: “I’m thrilled to have joined SIS and look forward to working with one of the industry’s most recognised brands. SIS has a strong heritage and I look forward to working with the team to help provide optimal betting solutions for our customers, and to growing both our domestic and international customer base.”
SIS Commercial Director Paul Witten added: “We’re delighted to welcome Sandra to SIS and I believe that she is a valuable asset for the company. She has a wealth of experience working in sales and has prior knowledge of the betting industry, which will prove to be invaluable as we continue to develop our customer base globally.”
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