LAS VEGAS, April 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gaming Partners
International Corporation (Nasdaq: GPIC), a leading provider of
casino currency and table game equipment worldwide, announced that
it has received permission from the Delaware Lottery to conduct
business in the state of Delaware
prior to its licensure as a gaming vendor. This allows GPI to
immediately sell chips, gaming tables, and related equipment to
casinos throughout Delaware.
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Subsequent to this approval, GPI received major orders from two
casinos in Delaware – Dover Downs
Hotel & Casino and Harrington Raceway & Casino.
GPI secured an agreement to supply to Dover Downs Hotel &
Casino all of its gaming chips and related equipment. Dover
Downs will purchase GPI's popular Paulson® line of gaming chips, as
well as precision dice, playing cards, table layouts and other
table games equipment. GPI will additionally supply Dover
Downs with gaming tables, including blackjack, craps, baccarat,
roulette and poker tables.
GPI also received an order from Harrington Raceway & Casino
to supply gaming tables for its casino floor, as well as for the
high-limit room. In addition to the blackjack, baccarat, craps,
poker and roulette tables, GPI is furnishing the casino with pit
and poker host podiums. All of the tables and podiums will be
custom-designed and built to the casino's unique aesthetic and
operational requirements.
"GPI is extremely pleased to receive these initial orders for
this table game market expansion," said Greg Gronau, President and CEO of GPI.
"This market is on the fast track with tight deadlines and we
will assist these gaming properties to best prepare for the
expeditious implementation of table gaming on their casino
floor."
About Gaming Partners International
Corporation
GPI manufactures and supplies casino table games and equipment
to licensed casinos worldwide. Under the brand names of
Paulson®, Bourgogne et Grasset® and Bud Jones®, GPI provides casino
currency such as chips, plaques and jetons; gaming furniture and
accessories; table layouts; playing cards; dice; and roulette
wheels. GPI pioneered the use of security features such as
RFID technology in casino chips, and provides RFID solutions
including chips, readers and displays. Headquartered in
Las Vegas, Nevada, GPI also has
offices Beaune, France;
San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico;
Atlantic City, New Jersey, and
Gulfport Mississippi. For
additional information, please visit www.gpigaming.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This release contains "forward-looking statements" based on
current expectations involving known and unknown risks and
uncertainties, such as statements relating to anticipated future
sales or the timing thereof; the long-term growth and prospects of
our business or any jurisdiction, including Delaware, the duration or effects of
unfavorable economic conditions which may reduce our product sales;
and the long term potential of the RFID gaming chips market and the
ability of GPI to capitalize on any such growth opportunities.
Actual results or achievements may be materially different from
those expressed or implied. GPI's plans and objectives are based on
assumptions involving judgments with respect to future economic,
competitive and market conditions, the timing and its ability to
consummate acquisitions, and future business decisions and other
risks and uncertainties identified in Part I-Item 1A, "Risk
Factors" of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
period ended December 31, 2009, all of which are difficult or
impossible to predict accurately and many of which are beyond its
control. Therefore, there can be no assurance that any
forward-looking statement will prove to be accurate.
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Contact:
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Lauren Coombs, Director
of Marketing, GPI
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702 598 2400
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lcoombs@gpigaming.com
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SOURCE Gaming Partners International Corporation