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App Store and Google Play S tore Contents June 2016 SOUtH AMERICA EMEA Puerto rico P8 uK P14 Puerto Rico’s Secretary to the treasury The Gauselmann Group has increased its Department has suspended until further footprint in the UK machine market with the notice the installation of video lotteries acquisition of town and County Leisure Samson House, uruguay P10 SPain P16 457 Manchester Road, Manchester M29 7BR, The Finance Committee in the Chamber of Online poker in Spain has experienced a huge United Kingdom Deputies has been told that the new gaming fall-off compared to launch figures from 2012 act could harm free competition as it fails to engage with Spanish players chile P12 croatia P20 Chile’s Gaming Board has approved the The 10th annual Casino Show in Zagreb took merger between South America and South place in April with local and international Africa’s casino operators Dreams and Sun visitors making the boutique event a hit World partner to clarion events G3Newswire.com delivers NORtH AMERICA ASIA & OCEANIA daily international gaming industry news and nevada P22 Macau P26 information, with the G3Newswire newsletter CE listens to offers for CIE, while CEOC MGM China is facing challenges to its VIP and circulated three times per staves off claims that CGP asset-stripped mass businesses as Galaxy and Melco Crown week to a 8,000+ database the company before bankruptcy ramp up compeition on the Cotai Strip of gaming industry influencers nevada P24 laoS P28 Station Casinos parent company Red Rock Lao Holdings claims the government has Resorts Inc. has agreed to buy the off-Strip breached a deal for the sale of the Savan Vegas Palms resort for $312.5 million Hotel and Casino “for maximum value” PhiladelPhia P25 auStralia P29 SugarHouse Casino officially celebrated its Canberra Casino will be able to operate slots completed expansion with a special following a decision by the ACt Government in appreciation ceremony and ribbon cutting exchange for a A$330m redevelopment plan WWW.G3-247.COM Insight Interactive Grosvenor Casinos eSports - Isle of Man Millennial players: how do First new build in Las Vegas Slovenia plans to sell its The next generation of we change direction? for six years finalised state casino assets sports-betting? Insight P32 Insight P38 Report P42 Interactive P58 G3 interviews Grosvenor David Jacoby, COO LVEIRC, G3 charts the rise and recent A fascinating interview with Casinos Kevin Grahame about confirms the opening of the unsteady nature of the casino Mark Robson, Head of e- the generational shift in players Lucky Dragon Hotel and Casino gaming market in Slovenia, gaming on the Isle of Man, affecting casinos both now and on the Las Vegas Strip for late through to the proposals to sell concerning the nature and into the future 2016 the state’s gaming assets control of eSports NEWSWIRE / INTERACTIVE / 247.COM P^ lewis Pek Editor Comment June 2016 Speaking to the CEO of Bosnia and Herzegovina company, Nsoft, Stjepko Cordas, at the Future Gaming Show in Belgrade last month, he revealed a pretty surprising fact about his company - that its maxim is that there are “no rules.” His software development company has adopted a policy that allows its employees complete freedom. Staff do not have working hours, but rather a team framework in which they complete projects around their own schedules. There is no arriving at work for 8am and punching out at 5pm. Nsoft employees are free to enter and leave work at their own discretion, nor is there a set number of hours an individual needs to fulfil as part of their project work. There is no need to schedule holidays or take sick days, as time is fluid, staff only work the hours and times required to complete projects, working in teams that cooperatively ensure every objective is met on schedule. Now you might imagine that’s fine for a small software development team organising their workload in a tiny utopian environment, but Nsoft employs over 100 staff, as part of a larger enterprise consisting of 140 employees. What’s more, the company is looking to hire a further 100 people before the end of 2016, and according to Mr. Cordas, the plan is to rapidly expand to 1,000 staff in there iS no need to Schedule holidayS or take Sick dayS, Staff only Work the hourS required to coMplete projectS the short-term. And speaking of the staff, they’re some of the most motivated, content and ebullient people you could meet. Each extolling the virtues of their work environment and progressive nature of their company. With youth unemployment at almost 60 per cent in Bosnia, such a radical approach to employment is paying dividends not only for Nsoft, but for the wider community too. While struggling to find the right calibre of tech-savvy recruits, Nsoft is creating its own training schools for college and university leavers, attracting international developers with lifestyle packages to draw them to Mostar, and, says Mr. Cordas, there are plans to build dedicated apartment complexes for staff, enabling Nsoft to manage rents for their employees at rates significantly below the market norm. Though technically speaking, having ‘no rules’ is a rule - that’s probably the only rule Nsoft wouldn’t break. editorial advertiSing Editor Commercial Director lewis Pek John Slattery [email protected] [email protected] +44 (0) 1942 879291 +44 (0)7917 166471 News Editor Advertising Executive Phil Martin James Slattery [email protected] [email protected] +44 (0)7801 967714 +44 (0)7917 166471 Associate Editor (Malaga) Advertising Executive Karen Southall alison dronfield [email protected] [email protected] Consultant (Germany) +44 (0)1204 410771 John carroll Production [email protected] Senior Designer South America Correspondent gareth irwin James Marrison Production Manager [email protected] Paul Jolleys Contributors Subscriptions Manager david addison, Jennifer Pek valery Bollier, Commercial Administrator rob Painter John Pek P4 NEWSWIRE / INTERACTIVE / 247.COM Calendar June 2016 EMEA IAGA International Gaming Summit May 31-June 2, 2016 LOCAtION CONtACt The Westin Dragonara Resort, Kirsten Clark St Julians, Malta t: +1 702 241 9184 ORGANISER E: [email protected] IAGA – International Association www.theiaga.org/iaga-summit/ of Gaming Advisor PO Box 92495 Henderson Nevada United States NV 89009 NORTh AMERICA Juegos Miami 2016 May 31-June 3, 2016 LOCAtION CONtACt The Biltmore, Coral Gables, Miami, Kate Chambers Florida, United States t: +44 207 384 2771 ORGANISER E: Clarion Events [email protected] Fulham Green, Bedford House www.juegosmiami.com 69-79 Fulham High Street London United Kingdom SW6 3JW EMEA iGaming Super Show 2016 June 7-10, 2016 LOCAtION CONtACt The Amsterdam RAI, Netherlands Alana Jones ORGANISER t: +44 207 954 3480 iGaming Business E: Electric Word [email protected] 2nd Floor, 5 Thomas More Square www.igamingsupershow.com London United Kingdom E1W 1YW NORTh AMERICA Canadian Gaming Summit 2016 June 13-15, 2016 LOCAtION CONtACt Ottawa Convention Centre, Canada Brad Moore ORGANISER t: +1 416 512 8186 MediaEdge Communications F: +1 416 512 8344 5255 Yonge Street, Suite 1000 E: [email protected] toronto www.canadiangamingsummit.co Ontario m Canada M2N 6P4 P6 NEWSWIRE / INTERACTIVE / 247.COM SOuTh AMERICA Peru Gaming Show 2016 June 15-16, 2016 LOCAtION CONtACt Jockey Exposition Center, Lima, Joe Lopez Peru t: +51 1 447 3635 / 365 ORGANISER E: Peru Gaming Show, [email protected] Affiliated Marketing Group www.perugamingshow.com Calle Schel 343 - Ofic. 306, Miraflores. Lima, Perú EMEA World Gaming Executive Summit 2016 July 5-7, 2016 LOCAtION CONtACt W Hotel, Barcelona, Spain tayyab Abbasi ORGANISER t: +44 207 092 1210 terrapinn Ltd E: [email protected] Wren House www.terrapinn.com/conference/w 43 Hatton Garden ges/ London United Kingdom EC1N 8EL NORTh AMERICA Casino Marketing & Technology Conference July 12-14, 2016 LOCAtION CONtACt Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, Las Lesley Grashow Vegas, Nevada, United States t: +1 248 362 3700 ORGANISER F: +1 248 502 9041 BNP Media Gaming Group E: [email protected] 2401 W Big Beaver Road, Suite 700 www.casinomarketingconf.com troy, Michigan United States MI 48084 EMEA Sports Betting West Africa 2016 July 18-20, 2016 LOCAtION CONtACt Kempinski Hotel, Accra, Ghana t: +852 5511 8385 ORGANISER E: [email protected] Eventus International Ltd www.eventus-international.com Suite 1104, Crawford House 70 Queen’s Road Central Hong Kong NEWSWIRE / INTERACTIVE / 247.COM Pb Puerto Rico’s Secretary to the treasury Department has South aMerica suspended until further notice the installation of video lotteries el Secretario del Departamento del tesoro de Puerto Rico ha suspendido hasta nueva orden la Puerto rico GAMING LEGISLATION instalación de terminales de videolotería (VLT) debido a dos demandas legales que aspiran a detener el reglamento que daría luz verde nada Puerto rico Suspends installation of vlts menos que a 100 000 VLT para operar en la isla.