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Alessandro Messina crowned 2023 European Dealer Champion in Grand Casino Brussels The European Casino Association’s European Dealer Champion 2023 has been crowned at a spectacular finals event staged at the Grand Casino Brussels: VIAGE. Two days of intense competition, starting on June 13, saw 36 participants from 20 different European countries showcase the industry’s finest talent in the ‘art of dealing’ in the Capital of Europe. Proving their skill across all disciplines, Alessandro Mesin...

The European Casino Association’s Casino Industry Forum in Austria drew a fascinating panel of both industry experts and external market watchers to its Casino Baden-based event. Here are the highlights of the conference. The ECA Casino Industry Forum took place in the picturesque Austrian town of Baden from September 27-30, 2022. It is the gathering place for Europe’s leading casino operators to discuss the challenges, opportunities, trends, and developments in land-based and online casino ...

After two years wait, there is a new European Dealer Champion! The two-year wait to find and crown the European Casino Association’s ‘European Dealer Champion’ ended in spectacular fashion at the Salle Medecin, Casino de Monte-Carlo on May 18, 2022. Two days of intense competition saw 40 participants from 23 different European countries display excellence in the ‘art of dealing’ against the stunning Monaco setting of Casino de Monte-Carlo. Proving thei...

High-level representatives of the licenced land-based casino industry in Europe met in June 2019 at Jao Casino in France for the ECA’s annual Industry Forum. Topics on this year’s agenda included the role of casinos in promoting destination tourism, the use of technology in a modern casino environment, gambling advertising regulation and new developments in responsible gambling.

Switzerland wins European Dealer Championship 2019 in Estonia Tamas Adam from Swiss Casinos Päffikon in Switzerland was crowned winner of the European Dealer Championship 2019 at Olympic Park Casino in Tallinn on 1 May 2019. Tamas Adam succeeded by impressing the judges throughout the competition with great character and skill on Blackjack and American Roulette. 37 judges from 20 countries oversaw three main categories: technical skill, game control and hospitality ...

Europe’s best casino dealer in 2018 comes from Finland In a tense final at Maestral Resort & Casino in Montenegro the Finnish dealer champion Matti Kankainen triumphed at the European Dealer Championship 2018. Matti Kankainen from Veikkaus Casino Helsinki in Finland was crowned winner of the European Dealer Championship 2018 at Maestral Resort & Casino on 9 May 2018. After competing for the fifth time and finishing runner-up in 2009 and 2012, Kankainen succeeded in confirming his po...

Antra Gaike from Olympic Voodoo Casino, Latvia has been crowned Europe’s leading dealer, following a closely fought contest at this year’s European Dealer Championship (EDC) which took place at The Hippodrome Casino, Leicester Square. Organised by the European Casino Association (ECA) in conjunction with UK’s National Casino Forum, the 2017 championships took place from 8th – 10th May in the heart of London’s capital, a first in the competition’s 11-year history. Hosted within the ...

First time competitor Ray de Rozario from Holland Casino, went straight into the finals of the 10th edition of the European Dealer Championship that was held on May 11 and 12 at Casino Breda, The Netherlands. In an unusual outcome never seen before in any dealer championship final, whereby two competitors from the same country went head to head, Ray triumphed and won over his colleague from Holland Casino, Ted Bakker both of them finishing with the same score of 4314 points. As ther...