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The EDC Heads to Monte-Carlo in 2022
Following the cancellation of this year's event, the European Casino Association has announced new dates for the competition in 2022.
Te European Dealer Championship (EDC) will take place at Casino de Monte-Carlo in Monaco, from May 16-18, 2022.
MONACO CASINO OPERATIONS
UKRAINE – Storm International’s Shangri La casino has opened its doors in Kiev to become the first licensed foreign casino in Ukraine. Pictured at the opening is Storm CEO, Darren Keane, and founder, Michael Boettcher. The casino is located on the first floor of the Fairmont Grand Hotel Kyiv, with a total area of 1,620sq.m. The expansive gaming floor includes a VIP club with three private rooms, 20 table games offering American roulette, blackjack, punto banco and poker, plus 80 slot machines and electronic roulette. Mr. Keane stated that the Shangri La sets a quality standard benchmark in Kiev for customer service that raises the bar for the entire sector.
UK –SoftConstruct has registered two BetConstruct games with the UK Gambling Commission, the company’s bet-on lottery game, Talisman, and prediction game, Big Hi-Lo. BetConstuct described the opportunity to offer these games as a gateway to business expansion for its UK partners.
FRANCE – The municipal council of Fécamp, in the Seine-Maritime region of France, has renewed its licence to operate the town's casino with a subsidiary of JOA, the only group to respond to the concession notice launched on May 22, 2019. The casino was previously operated under the Emerald brand, before being bought by JOA in July 2019. The new concession will begin on November 1.
Mayor of Fécamp, Marie-Agnès Poussier-Winsback said JOA had secured a 20 year licence to operate the casino currently located on the seafront, but which will be relocated to the port of Fécamp, Chaussée Gayant. The new casino will occupy am area of 2,400sq.m, up from 890sq. from the current casino. The €8m casino is due to open in Februray 2024, with the current establishment remaining open during the interim period.
The municipal levy will be 13 to 15 per cent, with the municipality becoming the owner of the new casino’s building at the end of the concession.
IRELAND – Senators have begun debating the creation of Ireland’s new gambling regulator. Part of the overhaul involves the creation of a new gambling regulator, whose creation has already been much delayed. There were plans to introduce the new regulator this year, but the launch has been put back to 2023. However, ministers in the Irish Republic are pushing for this to be bought forward due to the pandemic.
Once established, the new regulator will assume all current gambling licensing and regulatory responsibilities as well as new and more extensive enforcement duties.
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Following the cancellation of this year's event, the European Casino Association has responded swiftly to calls from the land-based gaming industry to announce new dates for the competition in 2022. Postponed twice due to the impact of the pandemic and ongoing restrictions affecting European travellers, the ECA Board of Directors has confirmed that the next edition of the European Dealer Championship (EDC) will take place at Casino de Monte-Carlo in Monaco, from May 16-18, 2022.
“Every year the EDC has brought together and recognised the amazing talent nurtured across our member locations Europe-wide," comments ECA Chair, Per Jaldung. "Te European Dealer Championship has been sorely missed for the last two years and its return to the fabulous location of Monte-Carlo is enthusiastically welcomed by all members and participants."
Since its inaugural event in 2007, the European Dealer Championship has visited 13 countries, welcomed over 400 contestants and 2,000 spectators from across Europe and beyond. Te much-anticipated Monte-Carlo event will be an extra special occasion as the industry reunites after so long apart in an extraordinary location. “Casino de Monte-Carlo has been waiting for
Te Netherlands Holland Casino appoints TruNarrative
TruNarrative is to cooperate with Holland Casino for their upcoming online operation and to enhance their existing land-based onboarding process, as part of their commitment to deliver a safe, secure and responsible gaming environment for their customers in line with the latest KSA (Kansspelautoriteit) guidance.
Holland Casino aims to be among the first group of operators in the Netherlands to be awarded a remote gambling licence by KSA, the Dutch gambling regulator. Requiring them to adhere to responsible gaming and player protection regulations, checking their players against the CRUKS (Central Register Uitsluiting Kansspelen) exclusion register and the CCBR (Centraal Curatele en Bewind register) to highlight when players are potentially in a position of vulnerability or financial difficulty.
“We look forward to working with Holland casino and delivering our solution so they can protect their players both online and in their land-based operations,” stated TruNarrative’s Adam Doyle. “It’s great to be helping them align with the latest Netherlands regulations so they can bring their online instance to market.
“For Holland Casino, Responsible Gaming and Player protection is more than a legal requirement, it is our guiding principle in all that we do,” commented Jeroen Verkroost, Directeur digitale Transformatie, Holland Casino.
“Holland Casino will raise the bar high when it comes to compliance and taking care of our online guests. We have chosen TruNarrative’s technology to help us ensure that people can use our new platform in a safe, reliable and responsible way.”
two years to finally welcome the best dealers in Europe to Monaco,” states Pascal Camia, Executive Vice President of the Gaming Operations of Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer and Vice-Chair of the ECA.
“Monte-Carlo is the perfect stage for both the comeback of land-based casinos in Europe and the celebration of the amazing talent and dedication of those working in our sector.”
Hermann Pamminger, ECA’s Secretary General, adds, “We look forward to gathering in Monaco in May 2022 for a unique edition in a symbolic location. Te importance of the EDC is highlighted by the fact that this year's cancelled event was on track to become the largest competition in its 15-year history, with over 40 participating casino members. Events such as the European Dealer Championship are more important than ever in 2022 as the industry rebounds from the pandemic and seeks to address the challenges of the unprecedented crisis currently facing the land-based sector.
Te ECA welcomes members to Monaco May 16- 18, 2022 and to the European Dealer Championship's next stop, Montreux Casino in Switzerland, in 2023.
Romania
OKTO has partnered with SelfPay, operator of an expanded network of payment stations in Romania, to offer registered gaming players the ability to top up their gaming accounts without exiting their gaming mobile app. Trough this partnership, OKTO boosts its expansion in Romania, making its
OKTO.CASH service available on the SelfPay network of 6,000 payment stations spread across Romania. Users are now able to complete a digital mobile- first payment journey through the physical-to-digital payment method at the SelfPay’s network. Te solution is already available under the Betano brand as a branded payment solution –
Betano.Cash, while numerous local online operators are ready to offer the solution to their users in the near future.
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