Accor merges casino business with Barriere - 2004-01-20
French hotel operator Accor said on Monday it would amalgamate its casino business with that of the Barriere Desseigne family to create a leading European casino group with 900m euros ($1.14bn) in sales. The Barriere family will hold 51% of the new group, with Accor holding 34%. Private investment fund Colony Capital would hold 15% and invest 100m euros in the group.

The companies said the new operation had pro-forma revenues of around 900m euros in ’03 and would operate 37 casinos in towns like French resorts Deauville and Nice, with close to 5,000 slot machines.
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Online Gaming Software for Newcomers - 2004-01-20
On line multi-player games are software games played by at least two players at a time. Online casino games are easy to follow. You buy the chips,
pick the game, make a Bit, and you're ready to start.

The simplicity of these software games is designed for ease. Using the KISS philosophy, Keep it simple stupid, makes life easier for casino managers and the software designer´s them- Selves. Since the software industry is so vast, it is helpful to keep software in general as simple as possible. The only disadvantage is to the user because they usually want action and results fast.
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