History

Greentube USA LLC., USA

Moldavia

Crown Technologies GmbH merges with LÖWEN ENTERTAINMENT GmbH on 14.6.2018

NOVOMATIC Gaming Industries GmbH merges with NOVOMATIC AG on 5.10.2018

NOVOMATIC Italia Services S.r.l. merges in NOVOMATIC Italia S.p.A. on 23.10.2018

Casino Royal Group, Germany

Basque Gaming S.L., Spain

NOVOMATIC Technologies Poland S.A., Poland

ATT S.A., Poland

Dr. Bernd Oswald takes over as Chairman of the Supervisory Board from Senator Herbert Lugmayr

Univ.-Doz. Dr. Robert Hofians extends the Supervisory Board of the NOVOMATIC AG.

Lichtenstein (Gaming Technology)

NOVOMATIC gets the green light for the acquisition of 17.2 % of the shares in the Casinos Austria AG

NOVOMATIC issues a Corporate Bond with a volume of EUR 500mn (benchmark-bond)

Minority shareholders approve NOVOMATIC’s shareholding in Ainsworth

NOVOMATIC takes over the British gaming operator Talarius Ltd.

OTIUMGI S.L., Spain

Lotaria Kombëtare, Albania

MG Gaming S.r.L., Italy

Electro System S.p.A., Italy

NOVOMATIC LOTTERY SOLUTIONS signs a six-year contract with the Tunisian gaming and sports betting operator PROMOSPORT

NOVOMATIC wins the Italian lotteries license with a consortium of bidders

Renaming of Austrian Gaming Industries GmbH (AGI) to NOVOMATIC Gaming Industries GmbH (NGI)

Renaming of Novo Lottery Solutions GmbH to NOVOMATIC Lottery Solutions GmbH

NOVOMATIC has established itself as the leading full-service provider of the gaming industry

22 Group companies exhibit on the NOVOMATIC booth at the largest gaming show of the world in London.

NOVOMATIC issues promissory note bonds with a volume of Euro 275 million

S&P assigns BBB Corporate Credit Rating to NOVOMATIC AG

Operations: Madrid, Spain

Lottery: Catalunya, Spain

NOVOMATIC unveils the single largest booth ever created for any gaming show, anywhere on earth at ICE Totally Gaming (4,500 sqm)

BlueBat Games Inc., Canada

AbZorba LLC, USA

Casino Tornado, Lithuania, 5th casino

Österreichische Lotterien GmbH, Austria

Playnation Ltd., Great Britain

Israel, Illinois, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala

Extreme Live Gaming Ltd., Great Britain

Member of WLA, EL, CIBELAE and NASPL

NOVOMATIC issues a Corporate Bond with a volume of EUR 200 million

Novo Gaming Netherlands B.V., Netherlands

Novo Lottery Solutions GmbH, Austria

NOVOMATIC signs a long-term partnership with the Romanian State Lottery in the video lottery sector – concerning the supply of 10,000 Video Lottery Terminals (VLTs)

NOVOMATIC with its proprietary NOVOMATIC Biometric Systems™ is the first gaming provider to internationally introduce the prerequisites for a biometrically supported registration and payment system

NOVOMATIC Italia installs the 20,000th VLT terminal in Italy

Octavian Argentina receives ISO 9001 certification

The NOVOMATIC Group takes over all casino-related business activities of the Spanish Cirsa Group

ASTRA GAMES Ltd. takes over major assets of the Danoptra Gaming Group (BELL-FRUIT GAMES, GAMESTEC LEISURE, MAZOOMA INTERACTIVE GAMES RLMS Sales) and further strengthens its position in the UK market

ADMIRAL Casinos & Entertainment AG is the sole concessionaire for the operation of gaming terminals in Lower Austria

NOVOMATIC Americas Holdings Inc. founded in Florida/USA

NOVOMATIC Gaming Spain opens new headquarters in Madrid

NOVOMATIC celebrates a milestone in Italy with the 10,000th video lottery terminal produced by NOVOMATIC in operation in the Italian market

NOVOMATIC launches Responsible Gaming Staff Training Programme

NOVOMATIC issues two corporate bonds with a total volume of Euro 350 million

At the G2E in Las Vegas the Novo Unity™ II multiplayer platform wins a Global Gaming Magazine Gaming Technology Award as the ‘Best Table Game Product or Innovation’

ASTRA Games Ltd. acquires the majority shareholding in the internationally leading Austrian developer and provider of Online Gaming Solutions Greentube I.E.S GmbH

Big opening of the Monticello Casino & Entertainment World with a joint live act of Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez

AGI is founding member of the Gaming Industry Piracy Alliance (GIPA)

ASTRA Games Ltd. and the Canadian provider of gaming software to the online gaming industry Chartwell Technology Inc. sign a two-year agreement under the terms of which Chartwell will offer the complete catalogue of NOVOMATIC games from ASTRA online

ADMIRAL Group becomes gaming leader in Peru

Crown Gaming Paraguay S.A. founded as a new subsidiary

Building completion of the new NOVOMATIC Group headquarters at Gumpoldskirchen

NOVOMATIC Forum opened as a new socio-cultural meeting place in the city centre of Vienna

ADMIRAL d.o.o. and HT Management d.o.o. open the new Hotel & Casinò Resort ADMIRAL in Kozina, Slovenia

AGI Argentina S.r.l. founded as a 95 percent AGI subsidiary

NOVOMATIC wins the ‚Austrian Export Trade Award 2008’ of the AWO

Product licences for the autonomous Spanish regions Andalucia, Aragon, Murcia und Madrid

First installation in Macau and on the Philippines

Groundbreaking for the new NOVOMATIC headquarters in Gumpoldskirchen

Groundbreaking for the new headquarters of the AGI subsidiary EXTRA Games Entertainment GmbH

Groundbreaking for the headquarters of Novo Invest CO SRL in Romania

Market launch of the Super-V+ Gaminator® as the new standard cabinet for the Coolfire™ II multi-games

NOVOMATIC enters the Italian Market

AGI acquires majority stake in Crown Technologies GmbH

NOVOMATIC subsidiary Alfor SIA awarded as Latvias "Most dynamic Company"

First installation of NOVOMATIC gaming equipment at Casino Barcelona

AGI confirms strategic alliance with Independent Gaming Pty Ltd.

AGI joins the Gaming Standards Association (GSA) as a gold member

First trade show presence of AGI at the ASIAN GEM in Manila and at the SAGSE in Buenos Aires

ASTRA Games Ltd. opens new headquarters in Cardiff

Alfor SIA opens new headquarters in Riga

LÖWEN ENTERTAINMENT GmbH revolutionizes the German gaming market it's new multigame concept NOVOLINE

License award for Florida (Slot Machine Business Licence)

IGT acquires certain NOVOMATIC intellectual property for multi-station games

Tender award of one of the new casino licences in Chile

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

NOVOMATIC wins award as Austria’s most dynamic company in the category „Big Player“

License award for Alberta (manufacturer & supplier’s licence)

Opening of Casino ADMIRAL Prater/Vienna, the largest betting casino in Europe

Acquisition of EXTRA Games Entertainment GmbH, an German operator of Adult Gaming Centres

The annual turnover of the NOVOMATIC Group exceeds the landmark of 1 Billion Euros

Takeover of ASTRA GAMES Ltd. in the UK

Gaminator® and Novo Safe Cash® are the main attractions at ICE 2004

Licence awards for British Columbia and Quebec,  Canada as well as for Panama

Casino in Locarno, Switzerland

Outlet operated by Spielbank Kassel in the city centre of Kasse, Germany

First Hungarian Casino ADMIRAL in Sopron

Presentation of Novo Multi-Screen Technology™ at ICE 2003

Development of the Coolfire™ II USB casino hardware platform

Novo Multi-Roulette™ and Novo TouchBet® Live-Roulette installations including more than 2000 terminals operating in leading casinos around the world

Lucky Lady's Charm™ and Sizzling Hot™ are launched

Novo Multi-Roulette™ and Novo TouchBet® Live-Roulette installations including 1000 terminals operating in Casinos in England

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 World (PTY) Ltd., Republic of South Africa

Presentation of Novo Streamline™ at ICE 2002

AGI Gaming Colombia S.A.S. founded as a new partner for the Colombian gaming industry

Presentation of Novo Multi-Roulette™ and Novo TouchBet® Live-Roulette at ICE 2001 in London

Dolphin's Pearl™ is launched

The products of NOVOMATIC Group are now represented in the majority of European casinos and in numerous overseas casinos

License for Great Britain (Seller, Supplier and Maintenance License)

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 awarded for Peru

Three further licences in the Republic of South Africa

Foundation of ADMIRAL Casinos & Entertainment AG (ACE) in Switzerland

Acquisition of 10% of Spielbank Berlin Gustav Jaenecke GmbH & Co. KG by Prof. Johann F. Graf as an engagement in one of the most successful casinos in Germany

Licenses awarded for the Provinces of Gauteng, Kwazulu Natal, and the Western Cape in the Republic of South Africa

Beginning of a cooperation between AGI and British Technical Casino Supplies (TCS) to strengthen the activities in the English gaming market

Opening of Plant 4 in Gumpoldskirchen

Opening of casinos at Heringsdorf and Stralsund / Germany in co-operation with Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe

New gaming law enacted in the Republic of South Africa based on US model legislation. First license awarded by Mpumalanga is to become the decisive step to South Africa

Manufacturer & Supplier License for Colorado (USA)

Development of the Coolfire™ Coldfire Risc Processor casino hardware platform as a final step towards high-technology gaming, serves as a basis for interactive live games

Opening of Admiral Foxtown Casino in Mendrisio / Switzerland, half an hour's drive from Milan, Italy

Presentation of the first multiplayer machines. After the automation of the Roulette game, the development of TouchBet® Live-Roulette revolutionises the live games : With the first-time ever blend of the fascination of live games with the new possibilities of advanced gaming technology, AGI delivers an innovation of worldwide recognition taking once again a pioneering position for NOVOMATIC Group : Now up to 250 players can join in a live Roulette game at the same time and space is no longer a physical hindrance to the number of participants in a game.

Acquisition of shares in ADMIRAL Leisure World Ltd. leads to a successful listing on the stock exchange in South Africa

Foundation of AS Novoloto as a joint venture between NOVOMATIC AG and AS Eesti Loto, Estonia's state-owned lotteries company

License for Ontario / Canada – first license awarded to NOVOMATIC Group in Northern America

Opening of a kursaal casino in Baden near Zürich / Switzerland as well as in Davos / Switzerland

Beginning of the development of the first multiplayer devices

Interactive Multi-Games launched in the market to revolutionise especially the AWP sector

Development of the new ASIC Applied Specific Integrated Circuit hardware platform as the basis for a new generation of high-tech slot machines

Opening of Plant 3 in Gumpoldskirchen

The NOVOMATIC Group has engagements in more than 30 countries worldwide. The growth of the Group is accelerated further with new emerging gaming jurisdictions. Subsidiaries are established in Germany, Norway, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Namibia and Botswana.

Opening of Plant 2 in Gumpoldskirchen

Foundation of ADMIRAL Sportwetten GmbH as a 100% subsidiary of NOVOMATIC AG

Opening of the largest casino in the Czech Republic in Prague in a Joint Venture with the City of Prague

First deliveries of full-range casino equipment to the Republic of South Africa

Foundation of NOVO-Invest Casino Development AG, today's NOVOMATIC AG

Fall of the Iron Curtain, beginning of extensive pioneering activities in the new EU Member States

Opening of Casino ADMIRAL Montreux, Switzerland

Establishment of initially small-scale production activities at Kolin outside Prague, Czech Republic

Foundation of C.S.C. as a holding company in Switzerland

Expansion to the Republic of South Africa

First NOVOMATIC dual screen terminals revoluzonize the market

Beginning of expansion to Europe, initially Germany, France, Netherlands and Switzerland