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www.casinointernational-online.com 4 NEWS


10 STATESIDE Sharon Harris peers out from the North American trenches


12 LATINO AMERICA Ricki Chavez Munoz rounds up the latest happenings in this gaming hot spot


20 MACAU BUSINESS The region’s fi nest business magazine is the proud partner of Casino International


26 GAMING FOR AFRICA The latest news from Africa courtesy of Roy Bannister’s stellar publication


28 EU BYTES Glenn Cezanne brings us an EU perspective


30 UK LEGAL UK gaming talk with legendary gambling regulatory lawyer Melanie Ellis


32 CASINO SEATING A showcase of the world’s fi nest seating companies


42 COVID’S IMPACT ON


ONLINE SEARCH A fascinating analysis of the changes in internet gaming search since COVID-19 hit, by Panoptic Media


47 GIO: GAMING INTERNATIONAL


ONLINE Matt Broughton with the latest iGaming news and features


Managing Editor: Jon Bruford


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Editor’s comment


I can’t avoid it, I can’t talk about anything else… Some people are saying there will be the world before, and the world after, and nothing will be the same again. I think they might be right in many ways, but let’s wait and see what the future holds. Some positives might come out of this virus, we certainly need to fi nd some – but there are a lot of dark days ahead between now and then. It’s way too early anywhere in the world to be discussing when casinos might open up again; as a major meeting and mingling place in our communities, we can also act as a major driver for the spread of such a disease. It’s no coincidence that Macau’s fi gures are so staggering: 44 infected, no deaths, 1800 in quarantine. The fi rst thing they did when danger arose was to close the casinos, they knew it would be a signifi cant factor in how the disease performed in the region – so they took away the reason for people to visit, and it made everything easier to control. Early, decisive action paid dividends, but if we think it is over too soon we run the very real risk of causing a second surge of infections and even longer-term grief worldwide, particularly if we resume international travel on the same scale. I know you can’t necessarily compare the rest of the world to Macau, it’s quite a unique peninsula – but there must be something we can learn from their relative success. We’re back in early June, and I’m launching a podcast in the meantime for the industry – fi nd me on LinkedIn, Twitter or email if you want info on that. Be smart, stay safe, see you when the dust settles.


Jon Bruford Managing Editor, Casino International +441584 877177 jonbruford@yahoo.co.uk


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