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G3 April 2013 THE BUSINESS FOR GAMES www.G3imagazine.com GLOBAL GAMES AND GAMING MAGAZINE I APRIL 2013 ANALYSIS IOM’S INTERACTIVE SECTOR THE ONLINE GAMING ISLE FOCUS GAMBLING IN MACAU SHFL’S BATTLE WITH LT GAME REVIEW GLI ROUNDTABLE N. AMERICA ABOVE AND BEYOND MARKET REPORT - PART II VLT AND CASINO EXPANSION ACROSS THE CANADIAN MARKET CANADIAN CHARTER G3 LAUNCHES ANDROID AND IOS MAGAZINE APPS FOR THE GLOBAL GAMING INDUSTRY DOWNLOAD DIGITAL ISSUES OF G3 MAGAZINE AND THE LATEST GAMING MARKET REPORTS DIRECTLY FROM THE ANDROID AND APPLE APP STORES Now Playing! The most popular entertainer in history is featured in the ultimate music and slot gaming experience. Michael Jackson King of Pop™ showcases a custom surround-sound chair for an unprecedented audio experience, five smash hit songs, a huge progressive jackpot, Mystery Wilds, and Free Game Bonuses. Bally Europe I +31 020 569 2740 I BallyTech.com © 2012 Triumph International, Inc. under license from Bravado Merchandising. All rights reserved. © 2012 Bally Technologies. All Rights Reserved. Images are for illustration purposes only and are subject to change. “Sometimes people ask me why GLI goes to the time and expense to produce the Roundtable each year in three areas around the globe. And my answer to that question Contents can be summarised by a comment I received from a APRIL 2013 regulator during the Roundtable. He said to me, ‘GLI always goes above and beyond for the regulators we serve.’ And that is it in a nutshell.” James Maida, President and CEO, GLI. Page 32 CANADIAN CHARTER The second part of G3’s extensive market report covering the gaming sectors in Canada. This issue features the provinces of Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Saskatchewan. Page 34 MEXICO’S GAMING PROLIFERATION PLANS - PAGE 10 CYPRIOT LAST RESORTS MGM’S HO TRAM STOP Resort-style casinos are planned to MGM withdraws from Vietnam’s Ho turnaround fortunes in Cyprus Tram Strip casino development PAGE 9 PAGE 16 BMM TEST LABS OPENS LAS VEGAS HQ - PAGE 20 CAESARS STRIP UNVEILING ARGENTINE CLAMPDOWN Caesars Entertainment and Argentina’s government imposes Gansevoort Hotel Group’s Strip plans measures to prevent credit card play PAGE 12 PAGE 19 HORSESHOE OPENS OHIO’S FOURTH CASINO - PAGE 24 LIGHTENING QUICK VALIDATION Thunder Valley Casino Resort upgrades to MEI - Pg 26 I +31 020 569 2740 I BallyTech.com THE GAMING ISLE GLI ROUNDTABLE - ABOVE & BEYOND - PAGE 32 The Isle of Man’s interactive gaming sector - Pg 52 SHFL GAMBLES IN MACAU - 30 April 2013 PAGE 3 Viewpoint APRIL 2013 It’s been a bit of a yin-yang month. from the Ho Tram Strip, was The international news has been equally matched bad news - dominated by major casino though comments on G3Newswire development announcements, regarding adequate ‘due diligence’ significant closures and provide food for thought on that withdrawals, and tax increases one. We might have thought the across the casino sector. The news same, but we are not affiliated with the comments in any way! INTERNATIONAL The news is also legislation-centric with Governments around the NEWS HAS BEEN world pursuing increasingly liberal policies towards gaming, rewriting DOMINATED BY legislation in favour of casino DEVELOPMENTS, operators, while simultaneously drawing up draconian taxation CLOSURES AND regimes to cripple them. The WITHDRAWLS, AND market most responsible for this yin-yang attitude to gaming is TAX INCREASES Latin America, with multiple stories this month concerning tax ACROSS THE CASINO changes - none of them good. SECTOR. Helping us to cover the market changes in Latin America, G3 has that Genting would be opening on enrolled the skills of James the Vegas Strip, quickly followed Marrison, who has been reporting by Caesars was both welcome and on the gaming market in the region surprising news, since predictions for the best part of a decade. were that Vegas wouldn’t see a James is providing news for major new opening in the half- G3Newswire and G3 and I’d like to decade. The withdrawal of MGM welcome him to our team. Lewis Pek Editor - Tel: +44 (0) 1942 879 291 , Email: [email protected] John Slattery Commercial Director - Tel: +44 (0)7917 166471 , Email: [email protected] Phil Martin News Editor - Tel: +44 (0)161 236 6669 Email: [email protected] Karen Southall G3 Spain - Associate Editor, Email: [email protected] John Carroll G3 Germany, Email: [email protected] James Marrison G3 Latin America, Email: [email protected] Lisa Nichols Sub Editor, Gareth Irwin Senior Designer, Paul Jolleys Production Manager, John Malin, David Addison, Bepi Mottes, Alexandre Rotenberg Contributors, Jennifer Pek Subscriptions Manager John Pek Commercial Administrator, Cover Image: Gareth Irwin For sales enquiries contact: John Slattery , Tel: +44 (0)7917 166471 Email: [email protected] For editorial enquiries contact: Lewis Pek , Tel: +44 (0)1942 879 291 Email: [email protected] Gaming Publishing Limited, Samson House, 457 Manchester Road, Manchester M29 7BR, UK April 2013 PAGE 4 Calendar APRIL 2013 - JULY 2013 APRIL 2013 APRIL 2013 FADJA - ANDEAN GAMING SOUTHERN GAMING TRADE SHOW SUMMIT & BINGO WORLD Date: Date: April 3-4, 2013 April 23-25, 2013 Location: Location: Mississippi Coast Coliseum & Corferias, Bogata, Colombia Convention Center, Bi – US Organiser: Organiser: 3A Producciones SAS, BNP Media Gaming Group Carrera 41 # 6-35 Oficina 2401 W Big Beaver Road, Suite 700 901 A Edificio Géminis Cali, Troy, Michigan, US MI 48084 Colombia Contact: Lesley Grashow Contact: Jose Anibal Aguirre Tel: +1 203 938 2782 Tel: +572 551 8474 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.sgsummit.com Web: www.fadja.com MAY 2013 GAMENET EXPO - GREECE SAGSE GAMING PANAMA Date: Date: Looking to May 8-9, 2013 April 5-7, 2013 Location: Location: ATLAPA Convention Center, Panama EKEP Exhibition Center, Lamia Advance your City, Panama National Rd Organiser: Monografie SA, Avenida Metamorfosi, Greece Alvear 1883, Loc. 21, Buenos Aires Organiser: bottom line? 1129 Argentina GAM Advertising/GameNET Tel: +54 11 4805 4623 13 Herakleous Str, Aharnai Email: [email protected] You designed the answer. Athens Greece 136 73 Web: www.sagsepanama.com Contact: Jose Anibal Aguirre MEI has made it possible with Tel: +30 210 27 74 201 Email: [email protected] G2E ASIA 2013 Web: http://gamenetexpo.gr Date: May 22-23, 2013 Location: The Venetian Macau, Macau MEI has redefined expectations of note IGAMING FORUM, SWEDEN acceptors yet again with SC Advance. Date: Conference Opens: April 10-11, 2013 Tuesday 9:30am - 5:00pm Enhancements were driven by customer Wednesday 10:15am - 5:30pm Location: requests to improve upon core measures Thursday 9:30am - 1:00pm Grand Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden of performance---acceptance, speed and Exhibition Opens: Organiser: Wed-Thurs 10am - 5:30pm security---and do so in a manner that is Midfield Media Contact: Phoebe Wong backwards compatible with the existing S:t Eriksplan 11, 2 tr, installed base. Organiser: Reed Exhibition 113 20 Stockholm, Sweden Companies, 39/F Hopewell Centre Contact: Goran Kandic 183 Queens Road East By maximizing the number of street-grade Tel: +46 8 650 02 70 Wanchai, Hong Kong notes accepted, while simultaneously Email: [email protected] Tel: +852 2965 1686 increasing the security against counterfeit Web: www.i-gamingforum.com Email: notes, the MEI SC Advance is a step forward on [email protected] on the most important measure... Web: www.G2EAsia.com GIGSE 2013 - US operator profitability. Date: April 23-25, 2013 INTERNATIONAL MASTER Learn how to specify cashboxes in your Location: OF GAMING LAW, CANADA Date: property that fill up faster than ever before. San Francisco, US May 8-10, 2013 Contact +44 (0) 118 938 1100 to Organiser: Location: Clarion Events schedule a SC Advance demonstration. InterContinental Montreal Fulham Green, Bedford House Montreal, Quebec, Canada 69-79 Fulham High Street Organiser: London, UK SW6 3JW International Masters of Gaming Proven performance. Increased profits. Contact: Ewa Bakun Law, 3885 Northbrook Drive Tel: +44 (0) 207 384 8116 Boulder, CO 80304 meigroup.com Email: Tel: +1 303 449 9955 [email protected] Email: [email protected] MEI is ISO 9001:2000 certified. ©2013 MEI. All rights reserved. Web: www.gigse.com Web: www.gaminglawmasters.com April 2013 PAGE 6 MAY 2013 JUNE 2013 GAMING EXPO BELGRADE ISRA-EL EUROPEAN Date: LOTTERIES CONGRESS May 21-23, 2013 Date: June 3-6, 2013 Location: Location: Belgrade Fair, Hall 5, Belgrade, Hilton Hotel, Tel Aviv – Israel Serbia Contact: Nenad Radojkovic Organiser: Organiser: Multi Solution Consult, Ortra Ltd, 1 Nirim Street Aleksandra Stamboliskog 3a PO Box 9352 Tel Aviv, Israel Belgrade, Serbia 11000 Tel: +972 3 638 4444 Tel: +381 11 266 1991 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.el2013.org Web: www.see-geb.com IGAMING SUPER SHOW 2013 G2E ASIA 2013 Date: June 10-14, 2013 Date: May 22-23, 2013 Location: Location: The Amsterdam RAI, Amsterdam, The Venetian Macau, Macau The Netherlands Conference Opens: Contact: Marit von Stedingk Tuesday 9:30am - 5:00pm Organiser: Wednesday 10:15am - 5:30pm iGaming Business Thursday 9:30am - 1:00pm 33-41 Dallington Street Exhibition Opens: London, UK EC1V 0BB Wed-Thurs 10am - 5:30pm Tel: +44 207 954 3417 Contact: Phoebe Wong Email: [email protected] Organiser: Reed Exhibition Companies, 39/F Hopewell Centre Web: 183 Queens Road East, Wanchai, HK www.igamingsupershow.com.org Tel: +852 2965 1686 Email: [email protected] CANADIAN
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