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Albania

Regency Casino Tirana
www.regencycasino.al
The casino opened 1st December 2005 with 21 tables and 240 slots. Hyatt Regency Hotels & Tourism (Hellas) SA. sold its 30.6% stake to Cypriot company Tobias Enterprises Company Ltd. in March 2006 for €3 million.

Bosnia and Hercegovina

Coloseum Club Sarajevo
www.coloseum-club.com
www.hit.si
Sarajevo. Operated by the Hit Group.

Bulgaria

Princess Hotels & Casinos
www.worldofprincess.com
Sudi Özkan.

Casino Princess
www.sofia-princess-hotel.com
www.sofiahotels.net/sofiaprincess.shtml
Sofia. Located at the Princess Hotel.

Trimontium Princess Hotel
www.trimontium-princess.com/casino.html
Povdiv. The second largest casino in Bulgaria.

Nymphes Princess Casino ?
Svilengrad. Opened November 2007

Prive ?
www.rodina.bg
Sofia. Rodina Hotel

Viva! Casino
www.vivacasino.biz
www.groupviva.com
Sofia. Located in the Sheraton Hotel. The operation was formerly known as the International Casino Club. 9 tables and 50 slots.

Casino Hrankov
www.sofiahotels.net/hrankovde.shtml
Sofia. Castle Hrankov Hotel.

Kempinski Hotel Zografski
www.kempinski.bg
Sofia.

London Casino
http://sofia.radissonsas.com
Sofia. Radisson SAS Grand Hotel.

Casino Rila
www.sofiahotels.net/rila.shtml
Sofia. Rila Hotel

Casino Bulgaria
Povdiv. Located at the Bulgaria Hotel.

Casino Maritsa
Povdiv. located at the Maritsa Hotel opposite the International Fair Grounds.

Hotel Helena Sands
Sunny Beach. Black Sea Resort.

Astra Hotel & Casino
Varna.

International Grand Casino
www.hotelcasinointernational.com
Golden Sands Resort, Varna.

Kempinski Hotel Grand Hermitage
www.goldensands.bg/hermitage1/

Croatia

The Croation Lottery - Hrvatska lutrija d.o.o.
www.lutrija.hr
State owned. As well as operating the lottery and slot operations the company also has 6 Croatian casinos.

Casino Fortuna - Zagreb
www.lutrija.hr/CasinoFortuna.aspx

Casino International - Zagreb
www.lutrija.hr/CasinoInternational.aspx

Casino Akademija - Zagreb
www.lutrija.hr/CasinoAkademija.aspx

Casino Turist - Varaždin
www.lutrija.hr/CasinoTurist.aspx

Casino RI - Rijeka
www.lutrija.hr/CasinoRI.aspx

Casino Cibalia - Vinkovci
www.lutrija.hr/CasinoCibalia.aspx

Automat klubovi
www.lutrija.hr/AutomatKlubovi.aspx

Casino Adriatic
www.casinoadriatic.hr
Two casinos, one in Split, regional center of Dalmatia, at the hotel "Split", open all year. The other is in Makarska, located in the hotel "Dalmacija" and operates in the summer months.

Casino City Zagreb
www.regenthotels.com
www.casinosaustria.com/cai_cas_casinos.aspx
Located within the Regent Esplanade Hotel and operated by Casinos Austria.

Golden Sun Casino
www.major.hr
www.egasa.com
Owned by the Spanish Group Egasa XXI S.A.

Golden Sun Zagreb
Opened April 2007 within the Center Antunovic.
www.centarantunovic.com
www.hotelantunovic.com/eng/ostali_sadrzaji/casino.asp

Golden Sun Dubrovnic
Opened April 2008.

Grand Casino and Nightclub Lav
www.grandcasinolav.com
www.transwc.com/02_american_chance_casinos_lav.html
Located in the five-star Le Méridien Lav, Split. 13 tables and 80 slots.
Operated by New York based Trans World Corp.

Cubus Lux Plc - Cubus Lux d.o.o
www.cubuslux.com
Operator of two casinos in Croatia and listed on AIM since 23rd August 2004.

Las Vegas Casino
www.lasvegas.hr
www.istra.com/conventions/eng/hotelinfo_2.asp?ID=0074
Hotel Histria, Pula. 8 tables and 60 slots.

Belvedere Hotel, Medulin
Casino opened 11th September 2004. Now closed and equipment moved to Pula operation.

Narcis Hotel, Rabac.
The casino operated on an 3 year contract and was closed at the end of 2007.

Selce
Casino opening 25th June 2008.

Casino Mulino
www.mulino.hr
Located in Buje close to the Slovenian Border. 22 tables, 130 slots + electronic Roulette. Hotel Mulino is scheduled to open in 2006.

Casino Opatija
www.hotel-adriatic.hr/ecas.html
Grand Hotel Adriatic, Croatia.

Casino Parentium
www.plavalaguna.hr/objekti.asp?ObjectID=8
Located within the Hotel Parentium in the coastal resort of Porec.

Rixos Libertas Dubrovnik
www.rixos.com/libertas/
Opened June 2007.

Hotel Excelsior & Casino Dubrovnik
www.hotel-excelsior.hr
www.orenesgrupo.com

Casino Vodice
www.orenesgrupo.com
Vodice.

Czech Republic

Legislation is going through the Czech parliament expected to become effective 1st January, 2006 that will reduce the number of casinos in the Republic. There are also 5 major betting agencies Sazka, Tipsport, Fortuna, Chance and Synot Tip.

Casino Arber
www.casino-arber.de
Javorska. Located within the Hotel Javor.

Casino Aleks
www.casinoaleks.cz
ALEKS CZ a.s. Two locations. Casino Henry, Prague and Ceske Velenice, district of Jindrichuv Hradec.

American Chance Casinos
www.american-chance-casinos.com
www.transwc.com
Trading name of the casinos owned by New York based Trans-World Gaming. The companies operations in the Czech Republic are mainly near the border with Germany & Austria. Route 55 opened 29th January, 2005.

Ceská Kubice	8 Tables, 1 Auto/R & 46 video slots.
Rozvadov Casino	10 Tables, 30 video slots.
Route 59	22 Tables, 60 video slots.
Route 55 - Dolni Dvoriste.	18 Tables, 94 video slots.

Casino Brno a.s
www.casino-brno.cz
Five casinos. Ceske Budejovice, Karlovy Vary, Ostrava, Pardubice & Špindleruv Mlýn.

Czech Casinos a.s.
www.czechcasinos.cz
www.casinosaustria.com
Founded in 1989 in cooperation with Casinos Austria International. 8 operations in the Czech Republic.

Casino Ceské Budejovice	Ceské Budejovice.
Casino Classic	Dolni Dvoriste.
Casino Grand	Grandhotel, Brno.
Casino Ostrava	Ostrava, Northern Moravia.
Casino Palais Savarin	Prague.
Pupp Casino Club	Grandhotel Pupp, Karlovy Vary.
Casino Savoy	Folmava.

Casinos 777
www.casino777.cz
Four casinos. Possibly 100% owned by Casinos Austria.

Brno.

Liberec. Hotel Praha

Teplice.

Zlín. Hotel Ondráš

Flamingo Casino
www.casinoflamingo.cz
Svatý K?íž (Cheb)

Casino Happy Day
www.casinohappyday.cz
Numerous locations in the Czech Republic. Some with tables games and others electronic games and slots.

INGO Casino
www.ingocasino.cz
Five casinos

Casino Františkovy Lázne

Casino Mariánské Lázne
www.casino-bellevue.de

Casino Pomezí, Cheb.

Casino Strážný
www.ingo-casino-strazny.de

Casino Zlín

Casino Millennium
www.cnty.com/casinos/prague/casino/
Opened July 1999. Located at the Prague Marriott Hotel. Under the management of, and 50% owned by Colorado based Century Casinos.
December 2008: Under offer from Viva Casino Group
www.vivacasino.biz

Paradise Casino Admiral
www.edpsro.cz/edp_profile.htm
Several locations including Brno & Prague. Novomatic Group/European Data Project.

President Hotel Casino
www.hotelpresident.cz/casino
Prague. Operated by the Spanish company Comar.
www.grupocomar.com

Vip Casino
www.vipclub.cz
Three casinos in Prague.

Casino Ambassador
Hotel Ambassador *****

Casino Monaco
Corinthia Towers Hotel *****

Casino Panorama
Corinthia Panorama Hotel *****

Mobilní casino
www.mobilnicasino.cz
www.mobilnicasinoparty.cz
Prague has a couple of mobile "fun" casinos that have pretty neat websites.

Sports Betting Agencies

Sazka
www.sazka.cz
The Czech Republic's largest lottery company. 67% of the organisation's shares are held by the Czech Sports Association.

Tipsport
www.tipsport.cz
Established in 1991 and with some 950 outlets the Czech Republic's largest sports betting operator. In July 2006 the company bought a 100% holding in Slovakian bookmaker DOXX-SK.

Tipgames
www.tipgames.cz
Sports betting and electronic game operator.

Fortuna
www.ifortuna.cz
Sports betting operation with some 600 outlets and 170 sports bars. Since June 2005 owned by Penta Investments, a.s.

Hungary

Three casinos in Budapest, the Las Vegas, Tropicana and Várkert. One in Sopron and another in Szentendre.

Hungarian Gambling Association (MSZSZ)
www. ?
Hungarian Casino Association

EuroVegas
www.euro-vegas.eu
Hungary's gaming laws were amended in 2006 to allow a project dubbed "EuroVegas" to go ahead near the Austrian border at Bezenye and Hegyeshalom. The American company Ellis Gaming has apparently won the bidding for the license.
www.ellisgaming.com
www.epicgaming.com

Casinos Austria - Hungary
www.casinogyor.hu | www.casinosaustria.com
Managed by Casinos Austria International

Gyor	www.casinogyor.hu
Kecskemet	www.casinokecskemet.hu
Casino Sopron	www.casinosopron.hu

Casino Szombathely
http://members.aol.com/asgrottach/casino.htm
Szombathely. 140 km southeast of Vienna. Seems to be permanently for sale!

Casino Las Vegas
www.lasvegascasino.hu
Located in the Sofitel Atrium, Budapest. Opened by Sylvester Stallone in May 1992. the website has an excellent photo gallery from the opening night.

Casino Admiral Sopron
Novomatic Group.

Tropicana Casino
www.tropicanacasino.hu
Hungary's largest casino located in the heart of Budapest. 24 tables, slots and dining with a jungle theme.

Várkert Casino
www.varkert.com
Located in the historic Castle Garden KIosk, Budapest built in 1879 on the banks of the river Danube.

Kaliningrad (Russia)

Yantarny - Kaliningrad Casino Zone
Kaliningrad located on the Baltic coast between Lithuania and Poland is one of the four proposed casino zones for Russia. The three others are Krasnodar in the south, Altai in southwest Siberia and Primorye in the far east

Casino Monetnyjj Dvor

Kosovo

King Casino Kosova
www.kingcasino-ks.com
Priština. The only casino in Kosovo and operating since October 2004. 14 tables and 50+ slots.

Lebanon* (1)

Casino du Liban
www.cdl.com.lb
Originally opened in 1959 and closed in 1989 because of the war. Opened once again December 4, 1996 after a $50 million refurbishment.

* Not a part of Europe of course but placed on this page because there are so few casinos in the region.

Macedonia

Aleksandar Palace Casino
www.aleksandarpalace.com.mk/casino.html
Skopje. Located within the Aleksandar Palace Hotel. 11 tables and circa 20 slots.

Hotel Continental Skopje
www.contimak.com/entertainment.htm
www.groupviva.com
Casino operated by the Viva Group. 10 tables and 20 slots.

Appolonia Casino Club
www.apollonia.com.mk/english/facilities.htm
Gevgelija.

Casino FlaminGO
www.casino-f.com
Macedonia's largest casino opened in September 2005. Located in Gevgelija on the border with Greece. 24 tables and over 250 slots.

Gevgelija Princess

Metropol Lake Resort Ohrid
www.metropol-ohrid.com
Operated by the Lottery of Macedonia ?

Montenegro

There are presently 3 casinos in Montenegro. It was announced in July 2007 that the number permitted will be 14. The license fee for each new location being €1 million.

Queen of Montenegro Casino
www.queenofmontenegro.com/facilities-casino.htm
Becici, Budva. Located within the Queen of Montenegro hotel.

Maestral Resort & Casino
www.maestral.info/casino_ang.htm
www.hit.si
Przno, Sveti Stefan. Operated by Slovenia's HIT casinos.18 tables, 120 slots and 3 electronic roulettes slots. On weekends, holidays and during the high season the Casino is open 24 hours a day.

Sveti Stefan Casino
www.budvanska-rivijera.co.yu/engleski/sstefan.html
Sveti Stefan.

Casino Cattaro
www.cattarohotel.com/englishcasino.html
Kotor.

Poland (27?)

Casinos Poland
www.casinospl.com.pl
www.casinospoland.pl
Operator of 7 casinos and one slot arcade (Szczecin). The companies first casino opened in Krakow in 1989. Casino Warsaw located in the Marriot Hotel celebrated its 16th anniversary on October 28th 2005.

Casinos Poland Ltd. is owned by LOT Polish Airlines, the Polish Airport Authority and Century Casino who each have a 33.3% stake. Century Casinos completed their share purchase on of 100% of the shares of G5 Sp.z.o.o. on 12th March, 2007 for a total sum of $8,690,000.

Warsaw Marriott	www.casinospoland.pl/eng/warszawa.php
Warsaw Hyatt	www.casinospoland.pl/eng/warszawa-hyatt.php
Gdynia	www.casinospoland.pl/eng/gdynia.php
Katowice	www.casinospoland.pl/eng/katowice.php
Kracow	www.casinospoland.pl/eng/krakow.php
Poznan	www.casinospoland.pl/eng/poznan.php
Szczecin	www.casinospoland.pl/eng/szczecin.php
Wroclaw	www.casinospoland.pl/eng/wroclaw.php

Orbis Casinos & Hotels
www.orbis.pl
Orbis S.A. which is 50% owned by the French company Accor is the largest hotel group in Poland and has been listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange since November 1997. Orbis Casinos Ltd. operates 10 casinos and 5 slot halls in 10 Polish cities. The companies first casino opened in 1989 at the Victoria Hotel in Warsaw and the latest to open was Bydgoszcz in February 2007.

Warsaw

Bydgoszcz

Gdansk

Katowice

Krakow

Lódz

Plock

Poznan

Sopot

Szczecin

Warsaw
Casinos Poland - Marriott Hotel
Orbis Casino - Grand Hotel
Orbis Casino - Victoria Hotel
Queen's Casino - Dom Chlopa Hotel
Royal Casino - Europejski Hotel
Amusement arcade - Polonia Hotel

Totalizator Sportowy Sp. z oo
www.lotto.pl

For further information on Polish casinos Gaming floor recommends....

Kasyno.org.uk - Informator Hazardowy

Romania

Romanian Casino Association
Asociatia Organizatorilor de Cazinouri din Romania (AOCR).
www.romaniancasinoassociation.com

Casino Bucharest
www.casinobucharest.ro | www.casinosaustria.com
Opened in 1991 and a member of the Casinos Austria International group. Located in the Hotel Intercontinental and open 6pm to 6am.

Grand Casino Romania
wwww.grandcasinoromania.com

Athenee Palace Hilton - Casino Partouche	Bucharest
Marriot Grand Hotel	Bucharest
Hotel Europa	Iasi

Casino Palace
www.casinopalace.ro
www.queencoleisure.com
Bucharest. Calea Victoriei 133. Opened in 1995 and operated by Queenco Leisure International Ltd. 24 game tables, 77 slots and 20 Touch-bet Roulettes spread over 8 different rooms.

The Platinum Casino
www.platinumcasino.ro
Bucharest. Located in the heart of the city at Calea Victoriei 63-81.

Viva Bucharest Casino
www.vivacasino.biz | www.groupviva.com
Operated by the Viva Group. Electronic table games and slots within Bucharest's largest shopping centre.

Casino Maxim
www.maximcasino.ro
Sinaia, Prahova, Romania.

Casino Queen
www.queen-casino.ro
Bucharest. Calea Dorobantilor 5-7

Casino Regent
www. ?
Opened at the Novotel in Bucharest in April 2009.

Casino Valoro
www.valoro.ro
Arad & Timisoara.

Casino Vesuvious
www.casinovesuvius.com
Brasov.

Merkur Casino
www.merkur-casino.com
www.gauselmann.com
Slots and electronic games. Pitesti & Bacau.

Havana Princess Casino
Bucharest. Blvd. Elisabeta 13

Lido Casino
Bucharest. Str. C.A. Rosetti 13

Mirage Casino
Bucharest. Blvd. Magheru 8-10

Partouche Casino
Bucharest. Hotel Athenee-Palace Hilton

Plaza Casino Club
Bucharest. Calea Victoriei 163

Serbia

Grand Casino Belgrade - Casino Beograd
www.grandcasinobeograd.com
www.casino-beograd.com
www.casinosaustria.com
Casinos Austria paid €18 million for the license and have a 51% stake in the operation. The other two partners are Club Hotel Loutraki (39%) & the Serbian Lottery (10%). The Lounge Club Casino opened with 6 tables and 60 slots on 30th June, 2007.

Casino Fairplay
www.casinofairplay.com
Belgrade. Opened in 1994. Operated by Ja Company and located at the the hotel "Kasina".

Ruski Car Casino
Belgrade.

Aleksandar
Hotel Slavija
Casino London & Casino Lola - Meridian Group.
Partizan

Maestral Resort & Casinò
www.maestral.info
www.maestral.info/casino_ang.htm
Pržno Crna Gora. Casino operated by the Hit Group.
www.hit.si

Slovakia

Regency Casino
www.regencycasino.sk
Located in the Crown Plaza, Bratislava. 20 tables with a Salon Privé and Night Club.

Casinos Slovakia
www.casinos.sk
Casinos Slovakia was founded 22nd November 1990. The company's first casino opened 11th April 1991.

Casino - Cafe Reduta	Bratislava
Casino Pieštany	Pieštany
Casino Košice	Košice

DOXX-SK
www.doxx.sk
Sports betting, fixed odds & restaurant operator. Recently purchased by Tipsport from the Czech Rebublic.

Slovenia

Casino Bled d.d.
www.casino-bled.si
Bled, Slovenia.

The Hit Group
www.hit.si
The Hit Group operates six casinos which are all close to the border with Italy. The company also has 3 foreign casinos in Serbia & Montenegro & Bosnia and Herzegovina. The companies head office is located in Nova Gorica, Slovenia.

Hotel Casinò Park

Hotel Casinò Perla

Hotel Casinò Kranjska Gora

Casinò Otocec

Casinò Kristal Rogaska Slatina

Aurora Casino - Kobarid

Kongo Hotel & Casino
www.kongo-hc.com
www.elektroncek-group.com
Grosuplje, Slovenia.

Casino Ljubljana
--- Grand Media Casino
--- AS Casino
www.casino-lj.si
Two locations and 51% owned by Hit Casinos. The Grand Media Casino offers live table games and the AS Casino is slots and electronic games only.

Casino Maribor
www.casino-maribor.si

Casino Portorož d.d.
www.casino.si
Originally founded in September 1998 Casino Portorož d.d. is a joint-stock company registered in Portorož. The companies core business is casino gaming but they also have various hotel interests.

Grand Casinò Portorož	www.casino-portoroz.si
Grand Casinò Lipica	www.casino-lipica.si
Grand Casinò Lido	www.casino-catez.si
Gambling house Osare Klub - Žusterna	www.slotclub-zusterna.si

Spielcasino "Tivoli"
Opened December 2006 in Lesce near Bled. 95 slots and electronic Games.

Hotel Žalec & Casino Rubin
www.hotel-zalec.si
Slots and electronic Games.

Casino Princess
www.worldofprincess.com
Nova Gorica

Turkey

Casinos in Turkey closed on the 11th February, 1998. The number of operations affected at the time was circa 79.

Turkish Jockey Club
www.tjk.org
Istanbul Veliefendi Racecourse.

Turkish National Lottery
www.lototurkiye.com
Sayisal Loto.

Turkish Sports Betting Agency
www.iddaa.com