New entertainment centre opens in Accra

Story: Maxwell Adombila Akalaare



THE Chief Executive Officer of the Eldorado Gaming International, Mr John Kivinen, says the springing up of more entertainment centres in Ghana will go a long way to enhance the country’s foreign investor attraction potentials.
 He said entertainment centres such as Eldorado which operated slot casinos, roulette, and lounge bars “help the overall package of foreign investor attractions”.

The Managing Director of the DEL, Mr Tomi Korpela, (left) with the CEO of EGL (the mother company of the DEL), Mr Jon Kivinen playing with the slot machines at the ordinary session.

Mr Kivinen said tourist and business investors who came into the country always needed entertainment places such as casinos  where they would spend their time.
He made the remarks during the opening of Delfino Entertainment Limited (DEL) in Accra. The DEL is the first unit of the  Eldorado Gaming International, a Sweddish and Canadian owned entertainment company which operates 70 casinos in 10 countries throughout four continents.
The DEL, located at Osu, currently operates 32 slot machines in the ordinary session and eight in the Very Important Personalities’ (VIP) session.
Mr Kivinen said plans were far advanced to open more gaming centres in Accra and in other regional capitals before the end of the year.
 Mr Jerry Hanson, a sound engineer who  himself had done numerous researches on gambling and the society said such a game “is the fastest paying and  killing game in the world”.
He said the habit of people wanting to win more prices after an initial win is what makes most to loose instead.
According to him “games like these are just for fun and if you want to take them as money making ventures, then you would spell your own doom”.
“In this game, the word is always enough; if you come in with Gh¢ 50 you may leave with Gh¢ 100, but some think they should get more than that and that is what leads most to loose instead”, Mr Hanson added.
An Administrator at the DEL, Mr Alex Kwasi Wiredu, told the Daily Graphic that the focus of the DEL was for its customers to win.
“Our focus here is for you to win; we don’t leave you empty handed”, he said.

Mr Korpela in a "freaky-treaky" move