HVS EMEA Hospitality Enews - Week Ending 2 December 2005

US firm Harrahs Entertainment is the worlds leading provider of branded casinos. At present, the USA, Canada and Uruguay have all the luck, but this situation is set to change; for Harrahs wants to open a casino resort in both Spain and Slovenia. El Reino de Don Quijote de La Mancha will lead the charge into Spain, where a Caesars resort costing some US$670 million will form part of the El

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Sun, December 4th, 2005

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  • The age of electronic games began in 1964 with the Nevada Electronic's solid state "21" machines. The most successful of these was the Dale Electronics' Poker-Matic, which could be found in most Nevada casinos.