The History of the Novomatic Group of Companies

2000

• Foundation of Admiral Casinos & Entertainment AG (ACE) in Switzerland
• License award for Peru
• Relocation of headquarters of Admiral Sportwetten GmbH to Novomatic Street 1 in Gumpoldskirchen
• Foundation of Advanced Technology Systems International S.A. (ATSI) in Poland emerging from a close cooperation with Cracow University of Engineering
• Opening of ATSI's facilities in Cracow, Poland
• Three further licences in the Republic of South Africa
• Opening of the casino at Frankfurt/Airport as Germany's first airport casino

2001

• Presentation of Novo Multi-Roulette™ and Novo TouchBet® Live-Roulette at ICE in London 2001
• The casino projects for Mendrisio, Locarno, Davos, and Bad Ragaz with active engagement of ACE, four casino licenses are proposed by the Swiss Federal Council
• Tender award for the casinos Kassel and Bad Wildungen / Germany
• License award for Great Britain (Seller, Supplier and Maintenance License)
• The products of Novomatic Group are now represented in the majority of European casinos and in numerous overseas casinos

2002

• Presentation of Novo Streamline™ at ICE 2002
• Opening of the casinos in Mendrisio, Bad Ragarz and Dovos / Switzerland
• Opening of Plant 5 in Gumpoldskirchen
• Novo Multi-Roulette™ and Novo TouchBet® Live-Roulette installations including 1000 terminals operating in Casinos in England
• Opening of EDP's facilities in Rousínov / Czech Republic
• Paradise Casino Admiral, with 8 casinos and 9 gaming outlets becomes a market leader in the Czech Republic
• Acquisition of approximately 80% of the shares in Admiral Leisure Ltd., Republic of South Africa

2003

• Presentation of Novo Multi-Screen Technology™ at ICE 2003
• Development of the Coolfire™ II USB casino hardware platform
• Novo Multi-Roulette™ and Novo TouchBet® Live-Roulette installations including more than 2000 terminals operating in leading casinos around the world
• Established market leadership in Estonia
• Opening of the casino in Locarno / Switzerland
• Opening of an outlet operated by Spielbank Kassel in the city centre of Kassel / Germany
• Licence awards for British Columbia and Quebec / Canada as well as for Panama
• Acquisition of the NSM Löwen-Entertainment GmbH in Germany
• Opening of the first Hungarian Casino Admiral in Sopron

2004

• Gaminator® and Novo Safe Cash® are the main attractions at ICE 2004
• Takeover of ASTRA GAMES Ltd. in the UK
• Opening of Casino Admiral Colosseum in Haté, CZ, on the 1st of May, to celebrate the EU-Enlargement
• Opening of Casino Admiral in Budapest, Hungary

2005

• Novo Multi-Table Roulette™, NOVO Unity™, Novo Multi-Wheel Roulette™ and Multi-Gaminator® are the main attractions at ICE 2005
• Opening of Casino Admiral Prater/Vienna, the largest betting casino in Europe
• Novomatic wins award as Austria’s most dynamic company
• Acquisition of EXTRA-GAMES Entertainment GmbH, an German operator of Adult Gaming Centres
• The annual turnover of the Novomatic Group of Companies exceeds the landmark of 1 Billion Euros
• License award for Alberta (manufacturer & supplier’s licence)

2006

• License award for Florida (Slot Machine Business Licence)
• Big Player – Novomatic again honoured as Austria’s most dynamic company
• Novomatic and IGT enter into an international ticket-in/ticket-out (TITO) license agreement
• Opening of the Casino Binz / Germany
• IGT acquires certain Novomatic intellectual property for multi-station games
• Tender award of one of the new casino licences in Chile

2007

• AGI joins the Gaming Standards Association (GSA) as a gold member 
• Astra Games Ltd. opens new headquarters in Cardiff
• AGI Hungaria Kft. ISO 9001certified
• Alfor SIA opens new headquarters in Riga
• AGI confirms strategic alliance with Independent Gaming Pty Ltd.
• First trade show presence of AGI at the ASIAN GEM in Manila and at the SAGSE in Buenos Aires
• AGI acquires the majority of assets of Crown Technologies GmbH
• Novomatic subsidiary Intertop awarded as Latvias 'Most dynamic Company'
• First installation of Novomatic gaming equipment at Casino Barcelona
• The annual turnover of the Group of Companies exceeds the landmark of 2 Billion Euros for the first time

2008

• First installation in Macau and on the Philippines
• Market launch of the Super-V+ Gaminator® as the new standard cabinet for the Coolfire™ II multi-games
• Relaunch of the Novomatic website
• Groundbreaking for the new Novomatic headquarters in Gumpoldskirchen
• Novomatic wins the ‚Austrian Export Trade Award 2008’ of the AWO
• Groundbreaking for the new headquarters of the AGI subsidiary Extra Games
• Product licences for the autonomous Spanish regions Andalucia, Aragon, Murcia und Madrid
• Completion of the expansion of the AGI Hungaria Kft cable confectionary in Veskény, Hungaria
• Groundbreaking for the headquarters of Novo Invest co srl in Romania
• Novomatic Gaming Spain S.A. becomes a member of the FACOMARE
• Opening of the Monticello Grand Casino in Chile (joint venture with Sun International, IGGR (International Group of Gaming & Resorts) and the entrepreneur Rudolf Binder active in Latin America.

2009

• AGI is founding member of the Gaming Industry Piracy Alliance (GIPA)
• Admiral Group becomes gaming leader in Peru
• Building completion of the new Novomatic Group headquarters at Gumpoldskirchen
• AGI Argentina s.r.l. founded as a 100 percent AGI subsidiary
• Novomatic Forum opened as a new socio-cultural meeting place in the city centre of Vienna
• Admiral d.o.o. and HT Management d.o.o. open the new Hotel & Casinò Resort Admiral in Kozina, Slovenia
• Novomatic again reaches the Top 10 in the Austrian Band Value Survey 2009 with an exceptional brand value growth of 14.4%
• Astra Games Ltd. and the Canadian provider of gaming software to the online gaming industry Chartwell Technology Inc. sign a two-year agreement under the terms of which Chartwell will offer the complete catalogue of Novomatic games from Astra online
• Crown Gaming Paraguay S.A. founded as a new subsidiary
• Big opening of the Monticello Casino & Entertainment World with a joint live act of Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez
• Astra Games Ltd. acquires the majority shareholding in the internationally leading Austrian developer and provider of Online Gaming Solutions Greentube I.E.S GmbH