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(US).- Today, the state of California will see its largest tribal casino open its doors. The Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria, which boasts 1,300 members, will open the Graton Resort & Casino, according to The Sacramento Bee. The project came at a cost of USD 800 million. It is located in the Sonoma County wine country. The property reportedly will be the closest of its kind to San Francisco. The precise location is next to Highway 101 in Rohnert...
(UK).- The organisers of ICE Totally Gaming have unveiled the creative at the heart of the marketing campaign promoting February’s event, which, for the second year running will be held at London’s ExCeL Exhibition Centre. ICE Sensational, a truly experiential campaign aimed at delivering ICE messages across all the senses, will appear throughout international gaming media, as well as an extensive print and digital direct marketing campaign using the ICE cleansed database of international gaming professionals based in 120+ countries...
(UK).- Mobile gambling company Playtech said that it is confident of further growth beyond the current year after posting revenue of 90.6 million euros (USD 122.3 million) for the third quarter of 2013 – a 13 percent rise in comparison with the corresponding period of 2012. Playtech also recorded a 21% rise in casino revenue to 46.8 million euros and added that it had made a positive start to the fourth quarter of 2013. During the first 27 days of...
The Paphos businessmen met President Anastasiades to promote their town as the ideal location for operating a casino in Cyprus. (Cyprus).- Three casinos are set to operate on the island, under a single investor, members of the Coordinating Committee of Parties and Organizations of Paphos said after a meeting with President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades. Paphos businessmen expressed satisfaction that the government will allow the super casino resort license holder in Cyprus to have smaller branches in other towns.In...
Researcher noted that the dominant demographic in Italian online gambling is male, from central/south Italy, aged between 25 and 44 years, and a casino games player.(Italy).- After video games, online gambling is the favourite entertainment of Italians, according to a report in the publication West this week, which quotes from a new study conducted by the Observatory of Online Gaming at Milan Polytechnic.In 2012, Italian punters bet as much as 749 million euros online - 14.5 million euros more than...
