Vienna calls for new study into traffic impact of Eurovegas
Austria has asked for a new traffic impact assessment into the controversial Eurovegas Casino City project being built just over its border with Hungary, after rejecting the existing report into vehicle numbers at Bezenye. Vienna says the current study is out of date and does not adequately reflect the latest thinking about the impact on [...]
Infrastructure concerns may doom Eurovegas says Vanja
Top Hollwood film producer and one of Hungary’s best known casino operators, Andrew G. Vanja, says he believes the ill-fated Euroveags casino city project will never happen.
Vanja, whose resumé includes all three Rambo films, Basic Instinct II, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Evita and two Terminator movies including next year’s Terminator Salvation, co-founded Carolco Pictures [...]
Bwin is a loser with Turkey ‘deal’ for sports betting licence
Vienna-listed online gambling group Bwin Interactive Entertainment has admitted losing €2.25m (£1.8m) on a failed bid to win a sports betting licence in Turkey.
In March 2007, Bwin announced it had decided to withdraw temporarily from the Turkish market following new laws which prohibit online games of chance. However, another clause in the same legislation held [...]