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Funworld entices Finnish Cinema-goers The future of gaming and entertainment?
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Funworld entices Finnish Cinema-goers From July 7 to August 3, Finish cinemagoers were unable to avoid Photo Play ads in cinemas across the country during this time. The ads were to increase awareness as well as to inform players 2006 and new poker games were available. Summer is high season for Finnish cinemas, making it possible to reach about 400,000 people aged 15 to 35 years. Photo Play’s sole Finnish agent, Pelika Net Oy, has over, 2,700 Photo Play terminals, making it the largest Photo play operator worldwide. Its innovative ideas and collaborations with interesting brands are a major part of Photo Play’s success in Finland.
UK awaits summit on gambling reform According to a report in the Financial Times, October could be the date for the UK government’s much-anticipated summit on UK gambling reform. Guoting culture secretary Tessa Jowell, the British politician who oversees this portfolio, the FT ays that she aims to host a summit in October to try to get international agreement on a new code of practice. 
* Spain: Wild Bull dartboards are set to educate the Spanish in the ways of stell-tipped darts. Roger Mahan, president of the Spanish Dart Federation, told Integrate: “Steel-tip darts has always been a free sport. While that is great for those steel-tip players, many leagues (with the exceptions of some European countries ) have never had the membership numbers nor thrived like soft-tip dart leagues have. In Spain, FEDE’s soft-tip league has 20,000 members while the largest steel-tip league has less than a thousand players!” Eastern European NEWS PARK OPENS NEW EGYPYTIAN ARCADE
Ukrainian firm Holding company Park, which Integrate met at last year’s Kiev show, has opened Neon Luxor, an Egyptian-themed arcade in Kiev. The company, which was established at the beginning of 2000, rates itself as a ‘young, dynamically developing company, a serious and reliable partner.’ Using their long-term experience, Park’s owners have striven to create an effective internal structure using highly qualified engineers and managers within the company. The main focus has been on co-operation with the leading equipment and software producers: APEX, Novomatic, Eurocoin, Casino Technology and so on. Polish first quarter figures released The first quarter of Poland’s 2006 data concerning special tax control carried out by Custom Houses has been released, using information from the Department of Custom-Excise Control. Tax control in casinos is carried out in the form of constant control concerning the opening and closing of gaming tables and counting game results. The number of casinos monitored by Custom Chambers is currently 27. 
Change 2005/2006: +8.8percent
Tax control in AWP gaming points is carried out in the form of immediate controls. The number of points, according to the stats accrued on March 31, amounted to 10,323 and the number of machines in use was calculated at 17,183. The biggest numbers of gaming points were in the following cities – Katowice (1,968), Warsaw (1,155) and Wroclaw (948). In first quarter of 2006, 3,320 immediate controls in gaming points were carried out. Amount of declared incomes 1st quarter 2005 –PLN60, 056,543 1st quarter 2006 –PLN 137,162,004 – change 2005/2006: + 128 per cent with thanks to www.e-play.pl and www.mf.gov.pl A 8 Audio set to reinvigorate Hungarian market In Hungary, the market for amusement machines has been stagnating for years due to their high price and lack of long-term appeal, according to A8 Audio’s Norbert Koknkoly. “Practically no-one has bought new pinballs or simulators so far,” he told Integrate, “because they need to be switched among sites often and the return on investment takes too long.” Konkoly believes that A8 Audio’s new product may provide the solution for switching games in sites without moving heavy cabinets from one place to another. The Hungarian company has launched its new multiplayer automat, Goad Pinball, after a lengthy development and testing period. It has been designed to suit the international game market, as well as the needs of local operators. The appliance is fully owned by A8 Audio, just like the 3D software, which currently includes a virtual pinball, hockey and two soccer games. 
* During the world of games exhibition in Moscow, a congress entitled Gambling Business: Legislative Regulations Problems was held. Igor Dines. A Deputy of the Russian Federation State Duma, made a review of the situation with gambling business development in Russia in the context of the current legislation. Dines assured everybody that the law, which was adopted in the first reading, would undergo serious changes in the second reading. He also expressed his opinion on several issues, in particular, on the issue dealing with rationing. Another stumbling block, he thinks, involves the location of online gambling entitles on ground floors of apartments. But the position of the RF Ministry for Economic Development and Trade on this problem is unlikely to change. As far as profile assets are concerned, he believes that, probably, the sum of RUB100-600m will be determined. Regions will no more acquire a licensed right, i.e. there will be a federal license. Dines was uncertain about the time frame when the law will be adopted. The law may be adopted this summer, but the issue may remain unresolved until autumn.
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