Responsible gaming and new trends highighted at ENADA Spring

From 2014 the expo will change to a three-day format, like the Rome edition and in sync with the large international expos in London and Las Vegas.

The event held last week had 26,495 visitors, of whom 3,450 were foreign. With an increasingly international showcase, a message is sent out from ENADA, dedicated to responsible gaming, without superficial criminalization, flanked by the shared commitment to take action in terms of prevention of excess and illegality.

The expo emphasized a message aimed at considering gaming in its real context of amusement, highlighting the constant observance of the regulations and complete willingness to cooperate in preventing and fighting all forms of compulsive gaming.

Alongside the hottest general topics, there is Rimini Fiera’s process to ensure that ENADA Spring is increasingly in sync with market. In fact, after having scheduled the expo days mid-week to further improve visitor quality, the March 2014 edition of the expo well be held over three days, as has been the case for several years with ENADA Rome and the large international expos in London and Las Vegas.

Pro-active players on this scenario were the companies taking part in ENADA Spring, which ended after being attended by 26,495 trade visitors (3.7% less than 2012), of whom 3,450 were foreign (3,267 in 2012). Figures that satisfy both SAPAR ((the Italian Association of coin-op entertainment machines, with 1,500 member companies, that promotes the expo with the support of EUROMAT and the collaboration of ASCOB, FIDART, ANESV and S.I.CON.) and Rimini Fiera (which organizes the spring edition of the expo in Rimini and the autumn one in Rome).

SAPAR Chairman Raffaele Curcio commented, “ENADA is our world’s trade fair and the fact that, in spite of the momentary difficulty of the market, it held firm, as well as expectation for upcoming innovations that will open up new prospects for companies are the best auspices for the October edition in Rome. Moreover, during the expo days, a great demand emerged for sharing the problems to be faced to find useful solutions for companies, safeguard tax revenue for the government and protect gaming’s end users.”

Rimini Fiera Chairman Lorenzo Cagnoni said: “The ENADA project stands up to the winds of crisis and in fact., overall, in the two annual editions that are held, manages to have figures that improve. The market remains confident regarding the future and aware that ENADA is the only real business place for the gaming sector’s trade members.”

Rimini Fiera business unit manager Simone Castelli explained, “In agreement with companies, we have decided to continue our strategy of staging the expo on mid-week days, in order to ensure exhibitors an even high visitor profile. The crossover, in 2014, from four to three expo days is to be considered with this in mind. This will have an effect on overall figures, but ensure the days have a format fully addressing business development.

Participants at the ENADA Spring 2013 ribbon-cutting ceremony included Raffaele Curcio (SAPAR chairman), Rt Hon. Alberto Giorgetti (member of the last legislature’s 5th Commission - Budget, Treasury and Programming of the Chamber of Deputies) and Rimini Fiera chairman, Lorenzo Cagnoni.

In six halls, exhibiting companies proposed numerous new products, innovative forms of marketing and distribution and new gaming trends were also highlighted. Alongside the more solid traditional forms linked with amusement machines, there were the new frontiers in online gaming.

There was a substantial participation of international exhibitors at ENADA. From Europe to the USA, via Asia, dozens of media and thousands of international trade members came to Rimini Fiera in this period for the expo dedicated to amusement. Presenting them the best of their product ranges, there were also 94 foreign companies, exhibiting either directly or through their representatives.