Century Casinos

Century Casinos, Inc. is an international casino entertainment company that owns and operates Womacks Casino and Hotel in Cripple Creek, Colorado; owns and operates the Century Casino Millennium in the Marriott Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic; operates the casinos aboard the Silver Wind, Silver Cloud, The World of ResidenSea, and the vessels of Oceania Cruises; owns a 65% interest in, and has a management contract for, the Century Casino & Hotel in Central City, Colorado.

Through its subsidiary Century Resorts Alberta Inc., it owns and operates Century Casino & Hotel in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Through its subsidiary Century Casinos Africa (Pty) Limited, it owns and operates The Caledon Hotel, Spa & Casino near Cape Town, South Africa as well as 60% of, and provides technical casino services to, the Century Casino Newcastle, in Newcastle, South Africa. Furthermore, the company's Austrian subsidiary, Century Casinos Europe GmbH, entered into an agreement to acquire a 33.3% ownership interest in Casinos Poland Ltd. The closing of this transaction is subject to due diligence. The company continues to pursue other international projects in various stages of development.

Gold Reef Casino Resorts Ltd

Gold Reef Casino Resorts Ltd's interests incorporate Akani Egoli (Pty) Limited, which operates Gold Reef City Casino and Theme Park, West Coast Leisure (Pty) Limited, which operates Casino Mykonos, Akani Msunduzi (Pty) Limited, which operates the Golden Horse, Pinnacle Point Casino (Pty) Ltd, which operates the Garden Route Casino and an interest in Goldfields Casino and Entertainment Centre (Pty) Ltd, which operates the Goldfields Casino.

During the year GRCR acquired 100% of the issued share capital of Silver Star Development Ltd, the holder of the sixth and final casino in Gauteng.

London Clubs International

London Clubs International (LCI) has been publicly quoted on the London Stock Exchange since 1994. It has casinos in London, Egypt, Lebanon, and South Africa (Emerald Casino Resort). The group operates wholly- owned casinos in the United Kingdom and joint ventures and management contracts overseas.

In late 2006, Harrah's, the world's largest casino owner and operator, announced that London Clubs shareholders had accepted its offer of $570 million to buy a majority shareholding of London Clubs International. Harrah's said it hoped to acquire 100% of London Clubs shares by the end of the year.

Peermont Global

Peermont Global was incorporated in May 1995 and changed its name from Global Resorts SA (Pty) Ltd to Peermont Global Limited in June 2004. Peermont Global has three properties: in Gauteng (Emperors Palace), the Free State (Frontier Inn) and in Mpumalanga (Gracelands). In 2006, Peermont acquired a controlling interest in the Tusk Casino Resorts and Hotels Group for R565.7 million. The group announced that it would also sell 21% of its Tusk holding to the black investor group MIC Leisure in order to meet its black economic empowerment objectives and restructure the BEE shareholding within the Tusk Resorts Group.

Tusk comprises gaming and hotel operations in the North West, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, including Tusk Mmabatho Casino Resort (Mafikeng), Tusk Rio Casino (Klerksdorp), Tusk Taung Hotel (Tuang), Tusk Venda Casino Hotel (Thohoyandou) and Tusk Umfolozi Casino (Empangeni).

Sun International

Sun International was established in 1983 and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 1985. The group's operations include resorts, luxury hotel products, and mass market casinos in 14 jurisdictions in South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland.

More than half of this portfolio has been developed in the last ten years, with new projects under consideration in the Middle East, Africa, Russia and the United Kingdom.

Every day, over 50 000 customers from over 50 countries visit a Sun International property.

Over a period of three decades, the group has invested more than R14 billion in new tourism infrastructure. It employs some 8 300 people, has indirectly created 50 000 new employment opportunities in the broader tourism industry, and it has been estimated that its business has a direct impact on the livelihood of more than 500 000 people in southern Africa.

Sun International has casino licenses in eight of South Africa's nine provinces. The group operates 20 casinos in southern Africa, including 13 of the 35 casinos currently operating in South Africa. The group is the leading casino operator in the southern hemisphere and enjoys a 44% share of the South African casino market.

Tsogo Sun

Tsogo Sun Holdings comprises the gaming interests of Tsogo Sun Gaming, such as Montecasino, Suncoast Casino, Hemingways Casino, Emnotweni Casino and The Ridge, and the hotel interests of Southern Sun Hotels. Tsogo Sun Holdings has a shareholding split between Tsogo Investments (51%) and SABMiller (49%).

Johnnic has a 9.7% effective interest in Tsogo Sun and a 30% effective interest in Tsogo Sun KwaZulu Natal through its holdings in gaming company Durban Add Ventures which owns and operates the Suncoast Casino and Entertainment World complex in Durban.

Casino Contact Details