Pub machine operator The IOA Group has slammed the content of a police circular which suggests that a method of reducing crimes against gaming machines is to remove them from pub premises altogether!

With just a few weeks until the 2010 FIFA World Cup kicks off, soccer fever has gripped South Africa as well as the African continent. To coincide with this momentous event for South Africa, TCSJOHNHUXLEY commenced a marketing campaign back in January 2010 in the form of customised layouts and commemorative chips.

APEX gaming once again exhibited at this year’s Gaming Expo Belgrade in Serbia. The real highlight at the exhibition proved to be the electronic gaming table ‘Quikker’ from APEX gaming. ‘Quikker’ combines the thrills of roulette with black jack. It offers hours of fun with its great variation of bets and so stakes. ‘Quikker’ is just at home as a high-stake electronic table in the VIP area as well as a low-stake sector for street gaming. This brand new game from APEX gaming was all the rage at the exhibition. Furthermore, operators commented on its flexibility as it is a 2-in-1 game. The second available game is ‘Texas Hold’em Poker’. Therefore, operators can choose which game to offer at the times of the day that best suits their customers.

As part of the ongoing commitment to being a leader in the world of social responsibility, London Clubs International has become a fully accredited Gamcare member. This accolade was announced after LCI partook in a full Gamcare audit and passed with top results on their first attempt.

Online gaming experts, Latitude Digital Marketing is predicting £500m will be gambled online during the World Cup this summer, with a 700% increase in online query volumes from four years ago.

APEX gaming's decision to exhibit for the first time at this year’s ELA in Mexico turned out to be a very wise move. The transformational growth of the Mexican gaming market is in response to a shift in direction towards Class III machines. “The timing has been perfect for our entry into the Mexican gaming market," explained Johannes Weissengruber, CEO and founder of APEX gaming. “We invested in a strong presence at the ELA to underline our focus on the Mexican market."

Innocore Gaming has a new design-win with London based AWP, Poker and multi-player specialist manufacturer Project Coin.

Project Coin has selected Innocore to supply them with the DPX-S410 gaming board for the next three years.

HERMES SoftLab is to conduct a joint presentation with the Gaming Standards Association (GSA) at The Gaming Technology Summit – 25th and 26th May 2010 Taking place in Green Valley Ranch - Las Vegas, the eighth annual Summit is one of the gaming industry's leading conferences, with hands-on technology updates, insights and strategies and addresses real-world challenges and solutions for all segments of the gaming industry. Every year, some of the industry’s brightest stars share their knowledge, in an exciting conference lineup that features great new topics as well as returning favourites.

Mark Orton and Allan Graham were appointed Joint Administrators of Octavian International Limited (the “Company”) on Friday 7 May 2010 as the company went into administration.

Microgaming has announced a joint venture with 888 Holdings which aims to deliver a French Poker network that will benefit from a shared pool of player liquidity on a single platform. This venture will see the combination of Microgaming software, with 888 Holdings' technological and marketing capabilities to provide a French Poker Network that is aiming to rapidly become established as one of the leading Poker offerings in the French Market.