A chronology of the rise to becoming a Global Player in the gaming
industry
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- Foundation of Admiral Casinos & Entertainment AG
(ACE) in Switzerland.
- License award for Peru.
- Relocation of headquarters of Admiral Sportwetten GmbH
to Novomatic Street 1 in Gumpoldskirchen.
- Foundation of Advanced Technology Systems International
S.A. (ATSI) in Poland emerging from a close cooperation
with Cracow University of Engineering.
- Opening of ATSI's facilities in Cracow, Poland.
- NIS emerges from GSI to become a high-tech developer
in the realm of information technology and jackpot systems.
- Licenses awarded for the provinces of the Northern Cape,
the Northern Province, and the Eastern Cape in the Republic
of South Africa.
- Opening of the casino at Frankfurt/Airport on New Year's
Eve 2000 - Germany's first airport casino and Europe's
second after Amsterdam.
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| 2001 |
- Presentation of Novo Multi-Roulette™ and Novo
TouchBet® Roulette at ICE in London 2001.
- Following a detailed examination by the Swiss Federal
Gaming Board, the casino projects for Mendrisio, Locarno,
Davos, and Bad Ragaz with active engagement of ACE, four
casino licenses are proposed by the Swiss Federal Council.
- Tender award for the casinos Kassel and Bad Wildungen
/ Germany.
- License for the Province of the Free State brings the
number of manufacturer & supplier licenses in the
Republic of South Africa to eight.
- License award for Great Britain (Seller, Supplier and
Maintenance License).
- The products of Novomatic Group are now represented
in the majority of European casinos and in numerous overseas
casinos.
- All German casino groups are customers of AGI.
- The most exciting technological innovation in the history
of Roulette gaming, Novo TouchBet® Roulette is set
on an unstoppable triumphant march through casinos in
Europe and has conquered Australia.
- Opening of Plant 4 in Gumpoldskirchen.
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| 2002 |
- Presentation of Novo Streamline™ at ICE 2002.
- Opening of the casino in Mendrisio / Switzerland.
- Opening of Plant 5 in Gumpoldskirchen.
- Novo Multi-Roulette™ and Novo TouchBet® Roulette installations including 1000 terminals operating
in Casinos in England.
- Opening of EDP's facilities in Rousínov / Czech
Republic.
- Opening of the casino in Bad Ragaz / Switzerland.
- Opening of the casino in Davos / Switzerland.
- Paradise Casino Admiral, with 8 casinos and 9 gaming
outlets becomes a market leader in the Czech Republic.
- Acquisition of approximately 80% of the shares in Admiral Leisure Ltd., Republic of South Africa.
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Casino Mendrisio/Tessin/Switzerland |
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Admiral Leisure Ltd. / Johannesburg |
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| 2003 |
- Novomatic founder Johann F. Graf honoured with the title of Professor by the Austrian President
- Presentation of Novo Multi-Screen Technology™ at ICE 2003.
- Development of the Coolfire™ II USB casino hardware platform.
- Novo Multi-Roulette™ and Novo TouchBet® Roulette installations including more than 2000 terminals operating in leading casinos around the world.
- Opening of two gaming operations of AS Novoloto in Tallinn / Estonia established market leadership in Estonia with a total of 11 gaming facilities.
- Opening of one of the most beautiful casinos of the Czech Republic in Brno.
- Opening of the casino in Locarno / Switzerland.
- Opening of an outlet operated by Spielbank Kassel in the city centre of Kassel / Germany.
- License award for British Columbia / Canada.
- License award for Quebec / Canada.
- License award for Panama.
- Takeover of the NSM Löwen-Entertainment GmbH. in Germany.
- Opening of the first hungarian Casino Admiral in Sopron.
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| 2004 |
- Gaminator® and Novo Safe Cash® are the main attractions at ICE 2004.
- Takeover of ASTRA GAMES Ltd. in the UK
- Opening of Casino Admiral Colosseum in Haté, CZ, on the 1st of May, to celebrate the EU-enlargement
- Opening of Casino Admiral in Budapest, Hungary
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ICE 2004 |
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| 2005 |
- Novo Multi-Table Roulette™, NOVO Unity™, Novo Multi-Wheel Roulette™ and Multi-Gaminator® are the main attractions at ICE 2005.
- Opening of Casino Admiral Prater/Vienna, the largest Betting Casino in Europe.
- Novomatic wins award as Austria’s most dynamic company.
- Acquisition of EXTRA-GAMES Entertainment GmbH, an German operator of Adult Gaming Centres.
- The annual turnover of the Novomatic Group of Companies exceeds the landmark of 1 Billion Euros.
- License award for Alberta (manufacturer & supplier’s licence).
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ICE 2005 |
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| 2006 |
- License award for Florida (Slot Machine Business Licence).
- Big Player – Novomatic again honoured as Austria’s most dynamic company.
- Novomatic and IGT enter into an international ticket-in/ticket-out (TITO) license agreement.
- Opening of the Casino Binz / Germany.
- IGT acquires certain Novomatic intellectual property for multi-station games.
- Tender award of one of the new casino licences in Chile.
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