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Casinos Poland will host the for all EPT4 five-day events. Buy- The Romanian subsidiary of Olympic Entertainment Group has opened
Casinos
premier European Poker Tour in is 21,000 zlotys (US$ 8,600) its third casino under the Olympic Casino brand name at an investment
Poland to (EPT) event in Poland, the Polish and the total prize pool can reach Olympic of around 1.4m euros. The 49 slot Olympic Casino Titulescu is located
host Polish
Open 2008, from March 11 to 15, 8,000,000 zlotys. The tournament
opens third
in the Titulescu district near the city centre. OEG entered the Romanian
Open 2008
2008, at the company’s casino at will be capped at 400 players.
the Hyatt Hotel in Warsaw. The Season 3 of the EPT saw sell-out
Romanian
gaming market in the spring 2007 by acquiring three gaming locations
as part of the purchase of the country’s leading casino operator Empire
Poker
Polish Open is a five-day Texas tournaments in Barcelona, project International Game World. Two of them have already been rebranded as
Tournament
Hold’ Em No Limit tournament and London, Copenhagen, Dortmund Olympic Casino. The third casino, Napoleon, located in the Sofitel Hotel
will follow the standard structure and Warsaw. in the Bucharest World Trade Centre is also to be rebranded.
Bulgarian casinos to feel boost from Chinese tourism
chinatown Bulgaria having 4,216 officially reg- Most of the larger hotels in the attractive for such investment as it
BULGARIA istered casinos and slot halls. capital of Sofia, such as Hemus, Rila attracts gamblers from nearby Turkey
In 2007, 5,147m tourists visited and Rodina, have casinos and rely on where casinos are outlawed.
The Bulgarian casino business looks Bulgaria. An agreement in the income from them. More casinos are Kroushkova said there was cur-
set to benefit from an influx of Chinese sphere of tourism will be also located in the sea resorts around rently no way to incorporate gam-
gamblers in 2008 with the country offi- signed with Korea in a month. Varna, which are predominately visited bling tourism in the tourism
cially announced as a tourist destina- Deputy Finance Minister Atanas by Israeli tourists who come for a strategy that was currently under
tion in China for the first time ever. Kunchev said: “Gambling tourism is a couple of days to Bulgaria to gamble. discussion although gambling
The State Agency of Tourism resource Bulgaria has not exploited. A In 2007 gambling entered Svilen- would attract rich tourists.
(SAT) director Anelia Krushkova national gambling development pro- grad where Turkish gambling boss and SCG chairman Dimitar Terziev said
said that Chinese tourists were gramme needs to be drawn up as part businessman Sudi Özkan invested in he was in favour of bringing gambling
mainly interested in gambling with of the tourism industry.” two casinos. Svilengrad has proved into the tourism strategy. The Grand Hotel Casino in Varna
Casino Belgrade shows
pulling power of fully opened
entertainment complex
The fully opened operation has been up and running for a few
months now but that didn’t diminish the excitement at a packed
gala night at Casino Beograd in Serbia, where partners in the
project demonstrated the full entertainment pulling power of one of
south east Europe’s most spectacular venues.
developingacomplex extravaganza at Casinos being just a casino is a com-
SERBIA Austria International’s plete entertainment
newest casino and entertain- complex. The casino business
VIPs and celebrities gathered ment venue. of today is all about entertain-
in Belgrade for a Gala Night of Grand Casino Beograd has ment and service. We felt it
fun and entertainment on Feb- been developed in partner- was important to develop far
ruary 8 to celebrate south east ship between Casinos Austria more than just a gaming
Europe’s newest casino and International, Club Hotel space. This is a long term
entertainment complex. Loutraki of Greece and the investment. The future is
Completed in a record time State Lottery of Serbia. 85m ahead for Serbia and we are
of just one year, Belgrade’s euros has been invested so far delighted to be part of it.”
Cutting the red ribbon at the Gala Ceremony were Paul
casino enjoys an enviable in this extraordinary project, Following a packed Press
Herzfeld, Antonis Stergiotis, Ivan Crossman and Tijana
location on the Danube Prom- which with its top quality Conference on Friday evening Andelic from the Serbian State Lottery
enade. The new complex pro- service, highest security stan- in the Parada function room,
vides an unmatched selection dards, exclusive facilities and 1,150 invited guests were
of gaming, dining, entertain- impressive design, is the treated to one of the best
ment and event facilities. In largest entertainment venue parties ever to be held in Bel-
addition to state-of-the-art of its kind in south east Europe. grade. The festivities began
gaming at 25 tables are 222 of CAI’s CEO Paul Herzfeld with a spectacular dance and
the latest slot machines with said: “We’re delighted with the acrobatic performance to
a mix of Atronic, Aristocrat, development of this project introduce the event’s
Ainsworth, Novomatic, Bally, which we feel will bring some- “Colours of the Night” theme:
IGT and WMS gaming thing completely new to Bel- red for passion, blue for the
machines. grade’s nightlife and will boost sky, green for fun, food and
As one of the most attrac- tourism to the city. Casino feast, black for the night and
tive destinations in Belgrade Beograd employs 400 people gold for fortune.
for national and international with 95 per cent being locals. Guests were welcomed by
visitors alike, Grand Casino We firmly believe in the representatives of the Grand
Beograd will be of great impor- success of this project and Casino Beograd partners, who
Paul Herzfeld
tance for tourism in Serbia, that Serbia is ready for such a ceremoniously cut the red
and Antonis
generating valuable income large scale entertainment ribbon, before moving in pro- Stergiotis
for the city. “We have done our project. We believe that in a cession with the performers
utmost to create a venue that few years it will attract to the Roulette tables, where
meets the expectations of a 500,000 people a year. It is not they each spun a Golden Grand Casino Beograd host a exclusive Diva, spectacular restaurants, an elegant Piano
wide range of target groups - only our philosophy but also Roulette Ball to mark the offi- second spectacular party for Asian creations from the Bar, a stylish Roulette Bar
from business travellers and our conviction that we will cial launch of Belgrade’s the general public. Word had buffet-style Ginger and Lounge and Terrace, the multi-
tourists, to local people work with the Serbian author- casino. The “winnings” (over definitely spread, and around French and Italian delicacies functional Parada event room
seeking a fun night out,” said ities to bring additional enter- 1m Dinar) were donated to a 1,800 happy guests filled the from Chameleon. The excel- and a Vicky M store, Serbia’s
general manager, Ivan Cross- tainment and economic local charity. casino and Parada for a second lent service and high quality, only outlet for Michalis
man. “No other place in Bel- benefits to this region.” A live DJ and dance party in night of partying, fun and variety and presentation of Jewelry’s fine new line for the
grade offers as large a choice Antonis Stergiotis, of Parada and superb perform- another rousing performance the food met with resounding young and fashionable, offer-
of entertainment, and our Queenco, which owns Club ances by star guest Severina by Severina. approval. The restaurants are ing a range of designer jewelry
service is second to none.” Hotel Loutraki, added: “After and Serbian jazz and folk All catering was provided now open for business and and Valentino accessories.
There was a real party more than two years working band, Gyass, rounded off by the venue’s three restau- are already creating a stir on With some 400 predomi-
atmosphere in the Serbian on the plans for this project Friday night’s fantastic enter- rants, offering guests a fabu- the Belgrade dining scene. nantly local staff, it is also one
capital last weekend as guests we are delighted to celebrate tainment. lous taste of what they each Grand Casino Beograd also of the region’s biggest
flocked to Grand Casino its finalisation. This is a unique And there was more still to have to offer: gourmet inter- features a VIP gaming area for employers in the entertain-
Beograd for a two-day gala project which rather than come. Saturday night saw national cuisine from the high rollers, three top class ment sector.
10 March 2008 europeannews
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