“With so much consolidation, we all know it becomes more and more a numbers game going forward. We think by using the 2,000 R&D experts in our group it will enhance the product offering, and I think this is a realistic scenario to gain market share over Aristocrat going forward.”
—Novomatic CTO Thomas Graf, on the Novomatic Group’s pending acquisition of a majority stake in Australia’s Ainsworth Game Technology, already a rival to market leader Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.
“It was BJP and Parrikar himself who promised the citizens of Goa that the moment BJP comes to power, offshore casinos would be removed from the Mandovi River. Instead of doing that, a new casino and a floating hotel run by a casino operator has been given permission. It is quite visible who has washed their hands in the Mandovi River.”
—Durgadas Kamat, Indian congressman, attacking Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar and his Bharatiya Janata Party for allowing Goa’s offshore casino industry to proliferate
