CASINO NEWS
TCSJOHNHUXLEY to supply City of Dreams Mediterranean
Europe’s fi rst integrated resort, City of Dreams Mediterranean fi nally had its soft opening on 12th June 2023. Situated just a few minutes from the city centre of Limassol, this luxurious resort offers a wide range of attractions, including one of the most impressive casinos in Europe, a fi ve-star luxury hotel and dining options, extensive entertainment facilities and the largest expo centre in Cyprus. City of Dreams Mediterranean will open fully to
the public on 10th July 2023 and follows the special soft opening period starting on the 12th June. The prestigious casino covers an area of 7,500-square-meter showcasing a wide range of table games, a dedicated Poker area, and live entertainment. In addition to the spectacular main gaming fl oor, is the exclusive Platinum Club, accessible only to VIP members, providing a higher level of personalized service. TCSJOHNHUXLEY has been chosen to supply
all of the gaming equipment including, 125 custom designed gaming tables, Chipper Champ
chipping machines, Saturn Roulette Wheels, Ora Grande Winning number displays with the new Dynamic Display System (DDS) software, table game accessories and Matsui poker tournament chips. The project has taken several years to come
to fruition, with the TCSJOHNHUXLEY team working in partnership with Melco to provide bespoke gaming equipment crafted to the highest standards. Lykourgos Vasmanolis, Head of Table Gaming, City of Dreams Mediterranean commented, “We are delighted to have worked with TCSJOHNHUXLEY on this project. The journey to this point started two years ago and has seen an excellent partnership develop between our two companies. We had a very exacting brief for this prestigious project that required outstanding quality and the highest level of detail, and I’m pleased to say TCSJOHNHXULEY has delivered on all fronts. We can truly say we have a world class venue with world class casino equipment to match. Our thanks go out to Nicci Smith and the whole TCSJOHNHUXLEY team.” Nicci Smith, TCSJOHNHUXLEY managing
director UK/Europe, said: “We are honoured to have been selected to partner with Melco on this prestigious project. With their trust and confi dence in our capabilities and products, our teams worked together tirelessly to make their table gaming vision for CoD Mediterranean a reality. Wishing the whole CoD team the best of success with this new venture.”
Interblock awarded Table Game of the Year
Interblock Gaming was awarded Table Game of the Year for its Smart Pit technology at this year’s Global Gaming Awards Asia-Pacifi c. “We are honoured to be recognised at this year’s Global Gaming Awards APAC,” said John Connelly, CEO of Interblock Gaming. “Our Smart Pit technology is the next chapter of electronic table game technology.” “Known for defying industry standards, Interblock Gaming’s collection of multiplayer luxury electronic
table games provides the “ultimate entertainment experience for players.” Smart Pit has extended player engagement beyond
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traditional table games. Smart Pit can be customised to meet any establishment’s demands and is available in the full range of Interblock games, including roulette, blackjack, baccarat, craps and more.
MERKUR UK: Championing
innovation around safer gambling
MERKUR UK has been praised by one of the leading safer gambling and gaming experts for ‘championing innovation’ in the space.
Lee Willows, who founded ESG Gaming following his tenure launching and establishing YGAM underlined the value of MERKUR UK’s support. He explained: “MERKUR UK is specifi cally supporting ESG Gaming with a two-year RET funding
commitment which has been transformational and enabled us to not only establish robust foundations but also contribute to crucial safer-gambling research.”
The RET donation in year one was used to support academic research into safer gambling and gaming within Web3 and what customer protection considerations would be purposeful in what is an immersive environment. The academic research was carried out by Bournemouth
University and comprised a literary review and the production of a Theory of Change.
Willows believes that as Web3 becomes more adopted by the population, there is a need to review, consider and evaluate how consumer protection tools will be used in the future as technology evolves. “The Theory of Change work helped us to understand how ESG Gaming might develop consumer protection tools in an immersive environment and what the social impact,
outcomes, and output might be from these tools” he said. “This work was critical as it has given us an external benchmark on which to measure the effectiveness of the tools we create.”
MERKUR UK’s donation for year two, will be specifi cally invested to develop and evaluate the consumer tools. Working alongside a range of academic and specialist Web3 organisations, ESG will build a prototype Web3 environment where consumer protection tools can be evaluated taking academic, lived experience and real-world perspectives.
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