By Post Staff
Wednesday, 09 May 2012
Phnom Penh Post
Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc,
which today will launch its Dreamworld Casino in Pailin, also will
break ground on a slot hall project in Poipet, near the Thai border, on
Thursday, according to a company statement.
EGA’s so-called
Poipet Project will comprise a 1,100-square-metre hall in an existing
casino in Pailin, with 300 electronic gaming machine seats, according to
a company statement. The project cost US$7.5 million, the statement
said.
“We are pleased to begin the development phase of our
exciting new Dreamworld Poipet Project and plan to commence full
construction efforts shortly,” EGA chairman and CEO Clarence Chung said
in a statement.
“Our entrance into the established and growing
gaming market of Poipet is a positive step in our strategy to become a
leading developer and operator of regional casinos and gaming venues in
Indo-China.”
The groundbreaking ceremony for the slot hall, which
will also be branded under the Dreamworld name, follows EGA’s earlier
announcement that it would launch its Dreamworld Casino in Pailin
province today.
Dreamworld is opening is the first phase of a
US$2.5 million casino project expected to comprise 1,100 square metres
of gaming space, 30 game tables and 40 slot machines near the
Thailand-Cambodia border, the Post reported on Monday.
The
casino is to be Dreamworld’s first such development project to open, and
it expects to draw “mass market and VIP premium players visiting from
surrounding areas”, according to a statement.
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