Tag: Georgia

Looking at some of this month’s standout headlines, Steve Norton, chairman and CEO of Norton Management and a former casino executive holding senior..

After opening a new office in Tbilisi, Georgia, a year ago, Casino Technology is steadily introducing its premium products to the market.

A bill by state representative Ron Stephens which would have opened the door to a referendum on casino resort legalisation in the Peach State hit a setback

Casino Technology steadily increases its market share in Georgia, proving to be a reliable system provider for operators with wide spread installations of RHINO Casino Management System in main locations throughout the country. Now thousand units of machines are connected to RHINO as the massive penetration of the system has been a continuous process for a year now with Casino...

Evolution Gaming, leading provider of Live Casino solutions, has announced that its new state-of-the-art production hub in Tbilisi, Georgia, has gone live.   Evolution’s expansion into Tbilisi - Evolution’s ninth studio - follows the opening earlier this year of a purpose-built Live Casino studio in Vancouver, Canada. The new studio hosts over 100 employees at launch, a number expected to...

The US republican party in Georgia have voted unanimously against allowing any casino or horse racing bills to be passed through the senate for the rest of this year. Concerned with the alleged link between gambling and a rise in crime and divorce rates, Georgia’s ‘grand old party’ or GAGOP didn’t cite any particular study to reinforce their claims but...

The casino industry manufacturer, Casino Technology, has opened a new office in Batumi, Georgia strengthening the company’s plans for growth.   Casino Technology has opened a new office in Batumi, Georgia and will operate as Casino Technology Georgia LLC within the region. Nina Alexandrova, Business Development Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan at Casino Technology commented: “Casino Technology has solid positions in Eastern Europe and...

A proposed gaming bill in the State of Georgia requiring venues to pay a 20 percent tax on gaming revenue has been voted down by the regulated Committee.   Proposed legislation that could have seen a referendum on the construction of two resort casinos in the Peach State is dead for at least another year after failing to make it past...

Augusta Commissioners have voted unanimously to fund public education programmes on the benefits of bringing casinos to Georgia. This comes as an encouraging sign for those gearing up to submit plans to bring gambling to the state as the state House of Representatives opens for a new legislative year.   Proponents for bringing casino gambling to Georgia have received a significant...

Following July’s attempted coup d’état Turkey’s president Erdogan asked billionaire and former Georgian PM Bidzina Ivanishvili to intervene and close Georgia’s Turkish-facing casinos only to be rebuffed.   The significant number of Turks crossing the border to gamble in Adjara has seen the president of Turkey attempting to pull political strings to convince the Republic of Georgia to close its casinos. While...

Turkish president Recep Erdogan is apparently pushing for casinos in nearby Batumi to be closed, claiming that they prove too tempting for his fellow citizens.   According to media in the Caucasian state of Georgia, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stated his desire for Georgian casinos to be closed – citing the large number of Turkish citizens crossing the border...