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ongratulations to JOA and to my

Cfriend Laurent Lassiaz for successfully securing the first accreditation in France for Responsible Gaming from the European Casino Association. As Laurent noted, “it’s key for us to keep doing it the right way!” Well said Laurent, and well done team JOA.

Monte-Carlo SBM will be the host for the 2022 European Dealer Championship, which will be compered by the marvellous Pascal Camia. Casino Life regularly visits and covers the EDC – over the years, we have often been the only media in attendance. You can read our insightful article with the still-reigning EDC Champion Tamas Adam in issue 129 of Casino Life. https://issuu.com/peterwhite3/docs/casino_life_ may_2019_digital_high_r/3

Scott Campbell Cowan deserves a pat on the back and our support for being the co-founder of the Egyptian Casino Association. Scott knows that market inside and out, having managed the Egyptian operations of Caesars (now Metropolitan Gaming) there for many years.

An intriguing analysis in March 2022 from Deutsche Bank’s Carlo Santarelli came to the same conclusion I noted in my 2019 article about Golden Nugget Online Gaming, which we published in our sister publication Sports Betting Operator. Our joint conclusion being that iGaming is complementary to land-based but not a game-changer in terms of positive cash flow unless patron acquisition costs are tightly managed. https://issuu.com/peterwhite3/docs/sports_betting_ operator_issue_004_v_34c4a276c38643 Our colleagues at Casino Life Ukraine are (mostly) safe and will, God willing, see out the current situation in good physical and reasonable mental health. We are endeavouring to secure exit routes for them and their families should such action be required, and we gratefully thank all those people who have contacted us with their concerns and offers of support. We are in regular contact with our colleagues who remain in Ukraine and we can only emphasise to you how important it is to them to know that you care about both them and the situation in their country.

Finally, please read our current issue of Sports Betting Operator in which I analyse Formula 1. Formula 1 has confirmed what we at Casino Life have known for quite some time now, given our industry contacts – there will be a 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix. It will be held on a Saturday night – cue Whigfield’s “Saturday Night,” which I now can’t get out of my head … “Thank you, Formula 1!”