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14 November, 2008Group News
Ritzio International reports further growth of its European gaming clubs portfolio, now with new properties in Serbia. After another active summer construction season, Ritzio announces a launch of two more venues to open in Belgrade in November and December.
29 October, 2008Group News
Ritzio Czech received a license allowing it operate a new type of gaming devices – video lottery terminals. By today Ritzio Czech has already installed 120 terminals across the country and plans to add another 150 devices to its gaming clubs by the end of 2009.
28 October, 2008Group News
A new Vulkan Stern Automatencasino opened its doors on October, 24 in Harburg, Hamburg area. This fresh gaming venue offers its visitors 23 hours of exciting gaming and entertainment experience, the latest generation of gaming machines, a cozy Internet corner with four Internet stations, a snack & coffee bar and a friendly atmosphere.
10 October, 2008Group News
Ritzio International links its worldwide operations to a single online management system. A new version of SmartBoss is developed by Ritzio’s technicians to meet specific requirements of the company’s multinational businesses and is customized to fulfill a variety of business tasks.
22 September, 2008Group News
Ritzio Central Germany and Ritzio North, two German-based subsidiaries of Ritzio International, a leading European gaming clubs operator, report an opening of two new Vulcan Stern gaming clubs in Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Osnabrueck, Lower Saxony.
13 September, 2008Group News
Ritzio Entertainment Group and International Parasport Foundation organized a reception at the Russian Embassy in Beijing during Paralympic Games 2008. The event, hosted by the Russian Ambassador in China, took place on September 11 to celebrate the intermediate results of the Games and served as a meeting point for Paralympics participants.
3 September, 2008Group News
Ritzio Peru, a subsidiary of Ritzio International, a leading international gaming clubs operator, reports a 18% rise in revenue for the second quarter of 2008. The revenue increase of the company’s Peruvian business is determined by a recent upgrade of a games mix in its gaming properties.
13 August, 2008Group News
Ritzio Entertainment Group and International Parasport Foundation, a charity foundation, headed by Oleg Boyko to support Paralympic sportsmen with disabilities, have become Official Sponsors of the Russian Paralympic Team at the Beijing Paralympic Games.
31 July, 2008Group News
Ritzio Group announces a launch of International Parasport Foundation, a private charity organization to provide resources to advance the quality and opportunities for sportsmen with disabilities, and promote Paralympic sports in the society.
25 July, 2008Group News
Ritzio International has become the largest gaming provider in Belarus, heading the market with a record number of venues and gaming machines. Today Ritzio’s Belarusian assets include 27 gaming clubs and 1300 machines.
27 June, 2008Group News
Ritzio North Germany GmbH, a subsidiary of Ritzio International launched an education project to provide professional training to its employees. It is a part of the programme, organized by Hamburg Chamber of Commerce to create opportunities for Germans to receive professional education.
11 June, 2008Group News
Ritzio International opens its first gaming club in Serbia. Today the company has launched a 330-square-meters facility featuring 51 gaming machine and entertainment services in the country’s capital Belgrade.
4 June, 2008Group News
Ritzio International adds sixteen new clubs in Zagreb and the country’s urban areas to the fifteen venues Ritzio has been operating in Croatia.
19 May, 2008Group News
An entertainment centres’ chain “King” has been named “the best entertainment brand of 2008” in Ukraine and won a prize in a nomination “Impeccable Reputation”. The awards ceremony for the country’s most prominent business ranking took place in Kiev’s ice palace “Pioneer” on April 23.
15 May, 2008Group News
Ritzio International announces a partnership with a large Italian gaming machines manufacturer Nazionale Elettronica to launch and operate gaming clubs across Italy.
22 April, 2008Group News
Ritzio International has become the largest Romanian gaming clubs operator. Today the company operates 70 gaming locations and 2357 machines in 39 cities across the country.
31 March, 2008Group News
Ritzio International, a subsidiary of Ritzio Entertainment Group (REG), a leading global player in the international gaming industry, reveals the latest figures of its German operations.
The company entered the national gaming market in 2007, opening its first gaming club in Bremen, in August. Today Ritzio International manages 137 gaming locations in 11 states and 33 cities. The installation base of gaming machines in operation has reached 2200 AWPs.
28 February, 2008Group News
Recently Ritzio has expanded its children cancer fundraising programme, by placing more and more donation boxes in Vulcan gaming clubs located in Russia. Launched in 2007, the project has spread out of Moscow area to the country’s other regions, encouraging gaming clubs visitors to contribute to treatment of sick children.
15 February, 2008Group News
Ritzio International, a subsidiary of Ritzio Entertainment Group (REG), a leading global player in the international gaming industry, has become a member of the prominent German gaming association FORUM für Automatenunternehmer in Europa e.V. A partnership agreement was singed by both partieson January 18, at the IMA trade show.
1 February, 2008Group News
Bally’s Casino, one of the largest casinos in Tallinn, Estonia, celebrated its six birthday on the eve of the 2008. This popular destination for the locals and tourists is Ritzio’s key brand in Baltic States.
31 January, 2008Group News
Ritzio International has launched a new entertainment complex in Kiev, Ukraine. The new property is company’s entertainment venue operated under King brand and the largest gaming club in the country.
18 January, 2008Group News
Ritzio International, a subsidiary of Ritzio Entertainment Group (REG), a leading global player in the international gaming industry, has completed an acquisition of 15 gaming clubs in Croatia. The gaming properties are two branded chains located in ten cities including the country’s capital, Zagreb.
26 December, 2007Group News
On December 25, the Research Institute of pediatric oncology and hematology, based in Moscow, hosted a New Year celebration, organized by the Russian Union of Charity Organizations and Ritzio Entertainment Group for children, treated at the clinic. On that very day all little patients got gifts from Santa Clause and took part in the holiday show.
13 December, 2007Group News
Ritzio Entertainment Group, the leading East European gaming operator, today announced it has completed an acquisition of three casinos in Prague, Czech Republic. The purchase strengthens the Company’s presence in the local market and diversifies its current national operations with a new retail gaming format.
5 December, 2007Group News
On December 4 Moscow hosted the second national awards ceremony “Back to life”, organized by Russian Paralympic Committee and Ritzio Entertainment Group. The award were given in 10 nominations to outstanding sportspeople, coaches and doctors of the national Paralympic team, who have demonstrated high professional results at 9
th Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy.
28 November, 2007Group News
Ritzio Central Region announced today that it has raised $165 million through a placement of Limited Recourse Notes (LRNs), which are more commonly called Credit Linked Notes (CLNs). Ritzio Central Regional is a subsidiary of Ritzio Entertainment Group, the largest gaming and entertainment operator in Eastern Europe. The transaction is arranged and distributed by Renaissance Capital.
13 November, 2007Group News
Ritzio Germany, a German division of a leading European provider of gaming and entertainment services, Ritzio Entertainment Group, announces its participation in the annual national gaming trade show IMA that takes place in Düsseldorf, on January 15-18, 2008. The company’s exposition will be located in Hall 8B, stand H21.
2 November, 2007Group News
Ritzio Entertainment Group unveils results of the company’s current business activities in the Ukrainian market. Today the Group manages 115 gaming clubs, 5 casinos and about 6,800 slot machines nationwide, holding the leading position in local gaming retail.
11 October, 2007Group News
Expanding its international presence in the gaming and entertainment industry, Ritzio Entertainment Group announces a launch of its Italian operations. The Group enters the market with ‘Vulcano della Fortuna’, a chain of gaming clubs to be open in the next months across the country.
4 October, 2007Group News
Ritzio Entertainment Group, the leading gaming operator in the continental Europe, has been ranked No.37 on FORBES magazine’s list of Russia’s largest private companies.
27 September, 2007Group News
Ritzio Entertainment Group announces a launch of the first City Casino gaming club in Tartu, Estonia. The grand opening took place in early September.
24 August, 2007Group News
Under the joint project by Ritzio Holding and the National Charity Program “A billion in small notes” the first donation was collected to buy medication for 10-year old Nikolai Panov
6 August, 2007Group News
After only two years on the Romanian market, newcomer Ritzio has already risen to become the second largest gaming operator in the country. Ritzio Romania, part of the Ritzio Entertainment Group (REG), entered the Romanian market in 2005 and now boasts 22 gaming clubs in nine cities, all under the Million brand.
1 August, 2007Group News
Ritzio International announced today that it has raised $280 million through its debut placement of Limited Recourse Notes (LRNs), which are more commonly called Credit Linked Notes (CLNs). Ritzio International is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ritzio Entertainment Group, the largest gaming company in Eastern Europe.
6 July, 2007Group News
King opened a new entertainment complex in Kiev. Over 1000 m2
, 168 slot-machines, 7 roulette and black jack tables – a real entertainment center.
27 June, 2007Group News
On 25 June in Moscow a Ritzio gaming company, Megatron, received a national award “Leaders of Russian economy” for its achievements in leisure and entertainment businesses.
14 June, 2007Group News
14 June is the World Blood Donor Day. In this connection Ritzio North West company, part of Ritzio Entertainment Group, jointly with the Scientific Research Institute of Emergency Medical Assistance, held a voluntary unpaid blood collection event among its employees. Over 50 employees of Vulcan volunteered to become donors, providing invaluable help for people whose health and life directly depends on blood transfusion.
13 June, 2007Group News
Ritzio Holding has celebrated Russia's National day together with its guests. During the week from 5 to 12 June tricolor ribbons were handed out to guests at Vulcan clubs.
5 June, 2007Group News
On 31 May London Fashion Days started in Saint Petersburg, supported by ELLE magazine, the British Council in Saint Petersburg, the Saint Petersburg Government’s Committee for Investments and Strategic Projects and Ritzio Holding. London Fashion Days have been held since 2005. During this time such famous brands as Temperley London, FrostFrench and Matthew Williamson participated in the project, along with representatives of London Fashion Week and University of the Arts London.
24 May, 2007Group News
The correct positioning and well thought out concept of City Casino gaming clubs have enabled the Holding to successfully launch this brand on the Latvian market in the new format of an entertainment complex.
14 May, 2007Group News
Bolivian company Lotex, a part of Ritzio Entertainment Group, was granted an award for its socially oriented business.
26 April, 2007Group News
Desperado casino has marked four years since its launch. Although this is not a “round” anniversary, the celebration went on a large scale.
25 April, 2007Group News
Building on its competitive advantages to achieve a fast market share growth, within eighteen mouths Ritzio Entertainment Group has succeeded to become the third largest gaming operator in Romania.
23 April, 2007Group News
Ritzio Entertainment Group announces its entrance to the Belarus market; today the Holding operates 17 gaming clubs. All Ritzio operations and business activities in Belarus will be conducted under Vulcan brand. The company’s future plans include opening of 20 new clubs.
17 April, 2007Group News
Ritzio Entertainment Group announces its entrance to the Czech market. Today Ritzio Czech Republic operates 31 clubs all around the country under the Grand Prix brand. Ritzio Group considers the possibility to buy local operators in the future and occupy 15 % of the market.
2 April, 2007Group News
Vitaliy Veselko, Ritzio Entertainment Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO), was ranked eleventh in the Top-100 list of the “Most Effective Top Managers in Russia.” He also took the third spot in Top-10 managers list of the “Most Effective Top Managers in Russian FMCG Market”.
23 March, 2007Group News
Ritzio Entertainment Group Holding has taken part in the first national
charity program “A billion in change” aimed at assisting children with
oncological diseases and supported by the Federation Council of the Federal
Assembly of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Health and Social
Development of the Russian Federation and the children’s oncologists
community.
28 February, 2007Group News
Ritzio Romania has opened its eighteenth “Million” club. The Ritzio Entertainment Group Holding entered the Romanian market in November 2005 by opening its first “Million” club in the city of Bucharest. At this stage Ritzio Romania already operates eighteen clubs, and the company plans to launch its nineteenth club in March.
7 February, 2007Group News
Moody's Investors Service today comments on the potential implications for the Ritzio Entertainment Group ('Ritzio') (B2 corporate family rating, A3.ru NSR, stable outlook) of the proposed 'Law on State Regulations of Gaming' which was recently approved by the State Duma and the President.
1 February, 2007Group News
The Ritzio Entertainment Group training standards are set by the Holding Corporate University. In 2006 the Corporate Ritzio University trained more than 6 700 employees, and more than 15 000 people in all have been trained from the start of its work.
15 January, 2007Group News
Ritzio Entertainment Group Holding repays the issue of its Credit Linked Notes in the amount of $ 125 million. The CLN issue was placed on 6 July 2005 at the international capital market for the term of 18 months, with annual rate of 12 %, price of placement - 100 % of nominal value.
8 December, 2006Group News
Ritzio Entertainment Group rose to 119 points in the RBC rating and took 146
th spot among Russia's top-800 companies in 2006.
4 December, 2006Group News
On 2d of December Bally’s Casino became 5 years old. To keep up the tradition, a festive week opened the birthday celebration. Every day all guests were warmly met with champagne, gifts and celebratory drawings.
29 November, 2006Group News
The Holding Ritzio Entertainment Group became the Company of the Year 2006. On 27 and 28 November the ceremony of awards presentation to winners of one of the most prestigious domestic award in the sphere of business – the annual national Company of the Year Award. The award is granted to the most outstanding and dynamic Russian market players - companies that shape up the new image of the Russian business. This year the Holding
Ritzio Entertainment Group for the first time became the winner of Company of the Year 2006 in the key “Services” nomination.
8 November, 2006Group News
In October 2006 OOO Poryv, a company that is part of the Holding
Ritzio Entertainment Group and operates on the Ukrainian market of gambling business, was awarded the title of industry leader by the National Business Rating of Ukraine.
27 October, 2006Group News
The Ritzio Holding for the first time took place in the BRAND OF THE YEAR competition and the Million brand was awarded the silver prize in the category “Entertainment”.
9 October, 2006Group News
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that its ratings and outlook on Cyprus-domiciled Ritzio Entertainment Group Ltd. (B/Stable/--; Russia national scale 'ruA-'), the operator of gaming businesses in Russia and other countries, are not immediately affected by President Putin's proposed new legislation on the regulation of gaming activities in Russia.
29 August, 2006Group News
Ritzio Entertainment Group Holding has become the general partner of World Cup Trot 2006 Final. The most prestigious and significant race of the summer season, 2006 World Cup Trot 2006 Final will for the first time take place in Kazan, Russia on 30 August 2006.
17 June, 2006Ritzio Lithuania
City Casino in Lithuania celebrates its second birthday
6 June, 2006Group News
Finance Journal published its second annual report on the 77 fastest-growing companies in Russia, in which
Ritzio Entertainment Group was ranked 12th. In the similar rating the year before, the group was ranked 20th.
18 May, 2006Group News
Ritzio Entertainment Group contributed as a partner in the European Team Championship of Judo Veterans
22 April, 2006Group News
On April 21 the Desperado Casino celebrated its 3rd-year anniversary.
1 October, 2005Group News
According to Forbes magazine, Ritzio Entertainment Group ranked 107
th among the top 200 largest companies operating in Russia.
14 September, 2005Group News
Finance Magazine has conducted its annual rating of the 500 largest Russian companies, in which Ritzio Entertainment Group was ranked 218
th (and 20th in the top-25 fastest growing companies).
31 August, 2005Entertainment Industry
Ritzio Latvia Company took part in the international seminar on gambling industry issues.
5 August, 2005Entertainment Industry
St. Petersburg Ritzio Company (Ritzio SPB) supports groups of underprivileged teenagers.
13 February, 2005Group News
Celebration of the new Temple Bar British restaurant opening.
30 April, 2004Group News
Ritzio opens a new lobby bar in one of Moscow hotels.
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