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New VP Training
role for Raving
Downsizing on the agenda
Gregory Gronau
Patrick Covell
of the new Gala Coral CEO
goes to GPI...
has joined
Raving
Consulting as its T
he UK’s Gala Coral Group is leaving almost a year earlier than
planning for a downturn, planned – he will depart before the G
aming Partners International
has appointed Gregory
Gronau as Executive Vice
according to Dominic Harrison, end of 2008, rather than in October President and Chief Operating
new vice the firm’s new Chief Executive 2009. Gary Hughes is joining the Officer. Gronau’s duties include
president of Officer who replaced Neil Goulden in company’s board in the role of chief management of the company's US
training. He will September. “Like everybody else, financial officer. and Mexico operations conducted
be working alongside Raving Service we are seeing pressure on the In an apparently unrelated move, through its subsidiary, Gaming
President Steve Browne on guest disposable pound,” he said, the company ruffled feathers by Partners International USA, Inc. The
service and training programs and commenting on the company’s withdrawing from all four UK trade hiring is part of a succession plan
on initiatives provided by Raving plans to trim its five divisions back associations of which it was a necessitated by the planned
Consulting Company. to three, which could lead to up to member: the Bingo Association; the retirement of longtime President and
Patrick comes to Raving after 200 job losses. British Casino Association; the Chief Executive Officer Gerard
more than eight years with Jackpot The group cut its earnings Association of British Bookmakers; Charlier, who is due to retire in
Junction Casino in Morton, Minn., forecast for next year by almost 10 and the Remote Gambling September 2009.
where he first helped open new percent, and has announced that Association. Gala is understood to
restaurant and bar operations at the Chairman John Kelly, who lead the support the concept of a single
property’s Dacotah Ridge Golf Club, group’s buyout three years ago, is trade association for UK interests.
Jamaican Cabinet
then took a position as Jackpot
discusses casinos
Junction’s training manager — a
position he held for more than
Barrière de Blotzheim is open
seven and a half years. It was there
T
he 40th venture for Lucien The result of a 16 million euro e Jamaican Cabinet was
he met Steve. The two have Barrière Hôtels et Casinos is investment, the property includes a A
t the beginning of December
th
due to discuss a proposal
remained close and have worked the Barrière de café bar, a put forward by Finance Minister
together on a number of guest Blotzheim, a leisure restaurant and a Audley Shaw and backed by Prime
service and training projects over destination that is gala function room, Minister Bruce Golding to permit
the past few years. convenient for France, with over 100 slot casino developments.
German, and Swiss machines, four Two major tourism developments
Nevada opens up
customers. It is well- Roulette tables, four proposed for the island’s north
placed to serve a catchment area of blackjack tables, and two poker coast are seeking the go-ahead for
for GameTech
1 million people. tables on the casino floor. casino licences.
T
he Nevada Gaming
Commission has awarded
Cantor Gaming deals with Atronic $500 gambling
GameTech licences for the
manufacture and distribution of
gaming devices within the State of I
nteractive gaming provider Cantor “Cantor's global experience in
limit about to go
Gaming has extended its deal secure, high-volume financial
with slot machine manufacturer transactions provides us with the
Nevada, along with unconditional Atronic, and can now draw on a wide confidence that our content will be
licences for the operation of Mobile range of Atronic games, such as delivered in a professional and M
issouri’s $500 loss limit
on riverboat gamblers, put
in place to rein back
Gaming Systems and for the Sphinx, for online and handheld use. lawful manner in these exciting, casino gambling in the state, has
operation of Interlinked Casino “Atronic is excited to be emerging markets.” been lifted. Mandatory tracking
Systems. The licences also allow for partnering with Cantor and thus An affiliate of the global financial cards ensured that players could
the sale or lease of traditional slot expanding access of our players’ services company Cantor Fitzgerald, not buy more than $500-worth of
machines within the State. favourite games through Cantor’s Cantor Gaming’s portfolio includes slot machine credits or table game
GameTech can now offer its mobile devices within casinos and exclusive games such as Statjack, a chips every two hours.
server-based mobile gaming system the legal online casino markets,” card counting Blackjack game, as The change is expected to come
deployed in other jurisdictions to the said Ken Bossingham, Atronic well as XtraOdds Baccarat, Cantor into effect before the end of this
Nevada market. Americas Chief Operating Officer. Financial Odds, and Bonus Roulette. year and ‘level the playing field’.
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