The Dutch industry is a hotbed of rumour concerning the 10-arcade Loontjens Automaten group.

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The speculation is that Loontjens will be the first incursion into the Dutch operating industry by Austria’s giant Novomatic group.

According to insiders in the Netherlands, Novomatic president Johann Graf was in the country this week to oversee the formal exchange of contracts on the deal.

Loontjens is one of the oldest operating companies in the country and has locations mainly around the Dutch coast, at Den Helder, Goes, Haamstede, Hulst, Middelburg, Ouddorp, Renesse, Sluis and Vlissingen.