WWW.G3NEWSWIRE.COM/WWW.G3-247.COM International Gaming News / Knowledge / Statistics / Marketing Information / Digital and Print Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers Official MaGazine Global Games and Gaming Magazine August 2017 WWW.G3-247.COM WWW.G3NEWSWIRE.COM The Chilean city of Chillán is preparing to carry out definitive closures of neighbourhood casinos Chile P8 Vikings Casinos plans to begin construction in Sanary sur Mer in September and open in 2018 FranCe P18 Gaming Laboratories International Group acquires rival testing laboratory, NMi Gaming US P20 G3 Mar ket Update: GerMany Resorts World Manila has now resumed casino operations following the PAGCOR suspension PhiliPPineS P22 Calm befo re the storm SubScribe A mass ive s torm hangs abov e G erman stree ts whose at G3-247.com aftermath w ill dis appear a third of its gaming machines Read every G 3 m agazine, download every marke t report a nd muc h more... 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App Store and Google Play S tore Contents August 2017 SOUtH AMERICA EMEA Chile P8 UK P12 The municipal government of Chillán is The UK Gambling Commission is to bring into preparing to carry out a definitive closure of effect new measures aimed at protecting online the so-called ‘neighbourhood casinos’ players by granting them additional controls Samson House, ColomBia P8 SPain P14 Manchester Road, Manchester M29 7BR, Gaming regulator Coljuegos has awarded Melco International Development has released United Kingdom Colombia’s first online gaming licence to a statement confirming that it will not be Aquila Global Group pursuing a licence for a casino near Barcelona laTam P10 FranCe P16 As one of the fastest expanding gaming Construction on Vikings Casinos’ Sanary sur groups in the Americas, Merkur Gaming Mer, southeast coast of France, is to begin in Americas, adds to its pool of gaming talent September having cleared legal hurdles World partner to clarion events G3Newswire.com delivers NORtH AMERICA ASIA & OCEANIA daily international gaming industry news and BahamaS P18 PhiliPPineS P22 information, with the G3Newswire newsletter Sarkis Izmirlian’s BMD Holdings claims the Resorts World Manila has now resumed some circulated three times per sale of Baha Mar amounts to state-sponsored of its casino operations following the lifting of a week to a 8,000+ database discrimination suspension order from PAGCOR of gaming industry influencers US P20 SaiPan P22 GLI Group has confirmed the acquisition of Imperial Pacific Resort, the permanent casino NMi Gaming, bringing together the world’s resort, opened its gaming floor on July 15 biggest games testing facilities despite not having opened its 250 room hotel PennSylvania P21 China P24 Senate and the House of Representatives Stanley Ho is resigning as Chairman of Shun battle over gaming reforms, though both tak Holdings and is handing over the reins to hope online will balance the books his daughter, Pansy Ho WWW.G3-247.COM Report Interactive Germany Street Market Colombia Germany - Talk of the Town: The Mexico - colombia: perfect online blend calm before the storm extraordinary Hippodrome Zitro experience or over-roasted? Report P40 Insight P26 Insight P34 Interactive P62 As Germany enters a new phase G3 interviews the Hippodrome Johnny Ortiz, President of Zitro, R. Franco’s Alejandro Casanova in its relationship with the London’s Simon Thomas about welcomes guests to a celebration explains the opportunities and the gaming industry, G3 takes an his vision to take the decaying on the 10th anniversary of the pitfalls (mostly regulatory) that overview of the marketplace husk of a building and make it company at the Mexico City- makes the Colombian online and details the changes into a modern gaming palace based Zitro Experience 2017 market such an exciting prospect NEWSWIRE / INTERACTIVE / 247.COM PY lewis Pek Editor Comment August 2017 Apologies to readers expecting the Poland market report this issue, but we’ve bumped the report into our September magazine in order to deliver the latest update on the German street market legislation. Everyone knew that the market was heading for a short, sharp, shock, but the full extent is only now becoming clear as the rules and regulations for operation of street gaming machines have been released. And it’s just about as bad as expected. The number of machines in the market will be reduced by 30-35 per cent, with operators also taking a massive hit to their gaming hall estates. Depending on your fact-checking sources, between 80,000 and 110,000 machines from the street gaming sector will be removed from the market, while at the same time hundreds of arcades will be forced to close due to the new rules taking effect next year. We already know from the operators that we’ve spoken to in this issue that there are legal ramifications over licences and understandable disputes over who should relinquish their gaming halls to meet specific geographical quotas. It’s undoubtedly going to be a messy process that has ramifications for the industry in Europe as a whole. When Russia and Ukraine enforced their gaming bans, thousands of the nUMber Of Machines in the Market Will be redUced by 30-35 per cent, With arcades alsO takinG a Massive hit machines and components flooded the market, hurting suppliers and distorting the sales market from gaming machines, monitors, cash handling units etc., for months, if not years. We have already seen a concentrated focus by German operators to divest into neighbouring markets and expand sales operations into international markets. Just as the closure of the Russian market affected the rise of VLT gaming in Italy - as one door closes a window is sure to open. We already know that the concentration of gaming in Germany, as the market is forced to reduce its scale and numbers, will put greater emphasis on the surviving machine-base to earn back that 30 per cent. Operators will have to become even more efficient, machines generate greater return on investment and every component of the machine must deliver beyond current expectations. ediTorial adverTiSing G3 Magazine Editor Commercial Director lewis Pek John Slattery [email protected] [email protected] +44 (0) 1942 879291 +44 (0)7917 166471 G3Newswire Editor Advertising Executive Phil martin James Slattery [email protected] [email protected] +44 (0)7801 967714 +44 (0)7814227219 Features Editor Advertising Executive Karen Southall alison dronfield [email protected] [email protected] Consultant +44 (0)1204 410771 John Carroll ProdUCTion [email protected] Senior Designer International News Editor gareth irwin James marrison Production Manager [email protected] Paul Jolleys Contributors Subscriptions Manager Paul Witten, Phil horne, robert Jennifer Pek hess, dieter Kuhlmann, Josef Commercial Administrator Kron, alejandro Casanova John Pek P4 NEWSWIRE / INTERACTIVE / 247.COM Calendar August 2017 ASIA Gaming, Racing & Wagering Australia August 14-16, 2017 LOCAtION Hong Kong Novotel Darling Harbour, Sydney, CONtACt Australia Louise Lim ORGANISER t: +852 2219 0111 Beacon Events E: [email protected] 1201-1203, 12/F Siu On Centre www.GamingDownUnder.com 188 Lockhart Road Wanchai ASIA AGE 2017 - Australasian Gaming Expo August 15-17, 2017 LOCAtION CONtACt ICC Sydney, Darling Harbour, Ross Ferrar Australia t: +61 2 9211 7430 ORGANISER E: [email protected] Gaming technologies Association www.austgamingexpo.com Level 34, 50 Bridge Street Sydney Australia NSW 2000 EMEA Entertainment Arena Expo 2017 September 4-6, 2017 LOCAtION Bucharest, Romania Romexpo Exhibition Center, 65-67 041918 Marasti Blvd, Bucharest, Romania CONtACt ORGANISER Anton Vlad Expo 24 Romania t: +40 21 335 6681 Monaco towers E: [email protected] 96 Berceni Road, Office B14.01 www.earena.ro EMEA Sports Betting Academy September 5-7, 2017 LOCAtION United Kingdom London, United Kingdom SW6 3JW ORGANISER CONtACt Clarion Events ELSPEtH BROWN Fulham Green, Bedford House t: +44 207 384 7700 69-79 Fulham High Street E: [email protected] London www.totallygamingacademy.com NORTh AMERICA Casino eSport Conference September 7-8, 2017 LOCAtION CONtACt West Gate Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Benjamin Fox Nevada – United States t: +1 201 450 1718 ORGANISER E: [email protected] Fox Marketing www.casinoesportconf.com United States P\ NEWSWIRE / INTERACTIVE / 247.COM It is estimated that there are currently 25 illegal gaming SoUTh ameriCa establishments in operation in the Chilean city sun International prevé incrementar considerablemente su participación hasta alcanzar cHile LICENCES casi el 65% de Sun Dreams, operador de casinos centrado en el negocio en América Latina. Sun International ha logrado un acuerdo que lo conver - Crackdown on Illegal Chillán slot Parlours tirá en accionista asociado con Nueva Inversiones Pacífico Sur Limitada para adquirir una The municipal government of the Chilean city of allowed amusement arcades to operate in their participación adicional del 19,30% de la empresa Chillán located in the Bio Bío region, is jurisdictions but they have not drawn a clear chilena Entretenimientos Del Sur Limitada. preparing to carry out a definitive closure of the line between AWP machines and slot machines. so-called ‘neighbourhood casinos’ that operate Subsequently, a great many slot parlours house en tanto que uno de los grupos de juegos illegally and which remain open despite the both with revenue increasingly deriving from de azar que más rápidamente se expanden en las repeated attempts made by the government to the latter. Américas, Merkur Gaming Americas ha aumen - close them down. The slot parlours have been in tado su personal, lo cual se ha hecho efectivo en operation in some cases for over five years However, there have been a number of julio contratando una serie de profesionales despite the fact that they are in violation of both significant developments of late and other extremadamente bien cualificados que aportarán local and national gaming rules.