Mit Wirkung vom 8. August 2007 übernahm Austrian Gaming Industries GmbH (AGI) , die 100% Tochtergesellschaft der Novomatic AG, die kontrollierende Anteilsmehrheit der Crown Technologies GmbH, einem führenden Hersteller von Geldwechsler-systemen auf dem deutschen Markt. Die erst kürzlich gegründete Crown Technologies GmbH hat ihrerseits im Mai 2007 die wesentlichen Assets der in Insolvenz gegangenen, bereits 1906 in Hamburg gegründeten Firma Bergmann Automaten übernommen.
In March, when shares in Trump Entertainment Resorts were trading around USD 20, the company disclosed that it was seeking potential suitors. At that point, Donald Trump even envisioned pocketing USD 500 million (AUD 583 million) from selling at a handsome premium his one-third stake in this company bearing his name. In July, when the company announced that it had not found a buyer despite a three-month search, shares in Trump Entertainment, which operates casino-hotels in Atlantic City, closed the day at USD 10.49. Trump's stake was worth roughly USD 100 million.
Silver Entertainment, a new hospitality and gaming company established in March by the Andalex Group, has announced its acquisition of the two-year-old Veneto Hotel and Casino in Panama this week. Andalex is a New York-based developer and real estate investment company operational since 1989. SE's gaming licence application in Panama was deemed complete earlier this year, and the Veneto acquisition from the Moisés Haskey, Alberto Daniel Btesh and Abraham Btesh partnership is SE's first venture into Latin America, the company said.
An Application for a members’ club licence for a new gaming facility at MovieTowne, lodged since December 2006, has triggered a slew of objections from an association of local members’ clubs, who are claiming a moral high ground as the casino industry positions itself for survival after repeated threats by Prime Minister Patrick Manning to shut the industry down. The application hearing will come up for hearing once more today in the Port-of-Spain Magistrates’ Court with the last witness expected to take the stand.
