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Six new casinos
on the cards...
Shuffle Master shuffles
New trade body
F
in City Associates, a business
itself in efficiency drive
to fight piracy
development company focused
on Guatemalan economic
development, has signed a licensing
agreement with the Guatemalan P
resident, Chief Operating dedication to our strategic T
he Gaming Industry Piracy
Alliance (GIPA) is a new
organisation set up to help its
Officer and Secretary Paul objectives and for the role he has members enforce intellectual
Meyer departed from Shuffle played in making Shuffle Master a property rights and work together on
Gaming Agency for development of Master at the expiration of his stronger, more diverse global anti-piracy activities and initiatives.
six casino/hotel/golf destination contract at the end of October to company.” Aristocrat Technologies Australia
resorts over the next ten years. pursue other opportunities. Mr Shuffle Master has promoted Pty Ltd, WMS Gaming Inc,
In partnership with Seattle-based Meyer will be available to the David Lopez, Roger Snow and Jerry International Game Technology,
Alekson Development Group, these company as a part-time Smith to Executive Vice Austrian Gaming Industries GmbH (a
gaming destination resorts will be employee for a period of Presidents of the Company subsidiary of Novomatic AG), Bally
built in Guatemala City, Puerto time, but will no longer and has separated the Technologies Inc, Konami Gaming
Quetzal, Puerto Barrios and Lake serve as an Officer of the roles of Chairman of the Inc, SPIELO Manufacturing ULC,
Atitlan with work due to start in the Company. Board from that of Chief Progressive Gaming International
second quarter of 2009. Mark Yoseloff, Executive Officer. The Corporation and Atronic International
“Securing six Chairman and Chief board elected Philip are the founder members of the
casino licences Executive Officer Peckman, a current Alliance, and they are joining forces
from the commented that “In the independent director, as its to carry out investigative and other
Guatemalan five years since Paul new non-executive operations targeting piracy on an
gaming authority joined Shuffle Master, he
Mark Yoseloff,
Chairman. And in order to international scale.
clearly has been instrumental in
Shuffle Master’s
“streamline its domestic For further information on GIPA,
Signing up to develop
demonstrates the a variety of key initiatives
Chief Executive
operations and improve contact
nicky.shanks@ali.com.au
six casino destination
strength of Fin City that have positioned our Company efficiencies”, the company is
resorts in Guatemala...
and Alekson's for future growth and success. On consolidating the Shuffle Master
development strategy” says Jim behalf of Shuffle Master’s Americas division with its Corporate
Octavian selects
Alekson, Alekson Development worldwide family, I would like to group, both of which are
Group President. thank Paul for his unwavering headquartered in Las Vegas.
Innocore platform
New Mexico show
GSA University gains website
I
nnocore Gaming and Octavian
Global Technologies have signed
a five-year agreement that will see
is romping ahead
Innocore’s DPX-based hardware
platform used for future Octavian
T
he Gaming & Amusement gaming applications.
Expo Mexico 2009 is the first A
dedicated website has been concrete knowledge of how they
launched for the Gaming work. This applies to engineers
Standards Association’s working in manufacturers’ R&D Edward Price, Managing Director
event of its kind to group GSA University:
www.gsauniv.com. departments and in test labs, as of Innocore, said “The agreement
together all the gaming sectors in Visitors can find information on well as to executives who need a with Octavian is a significant one for
the country, from route and schedules for classes in the working vocabulary of the standards Innocore and a
amusement businesses, which are Executive Awareness and Certified and their potential. That’s why we great reference for
the basis of the industry, to the new Engineer programs, and also created GSA University.” some of our key
games and betting parlours licensed register and pay for courses online. “Our new web site gives industry selling points:
under recent Federal legislation. GSA Educational Director Line personnel from all levels and reliability; know-how
Conferences and seminars run Robichaud said, “For more than ten departments quick access to the of the gaming
alongside the Expo, and visitors will years GSA has been working to information they need in order to industry; and a
Innocore MD Edward
be able to participate in discussions develop open standard protocols plan how to further their education pro-active approach
Price and Peter Moffitt,
on legislation, marketing and gaming that will revolutionise the gaming on these protocols.” to customer
President of Octavian
operations. GAMMEX 2009 takes industry. As exciting as the In addition to the off-site course service. Our global footprint will
place in Mexico City on 1st and 2nd standards are, they can be schedules, specialised on-site provide support for Octavian in
April 2009.
www.gammexpo.com confusing unless users have a instruction is also available. worldwide markets.”
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