Wednesday saw the opening of this year’s ENADA Spring show in Rimini, Italy, and it was clear that street gaming is now dominating proceedings.

ENADA Rimini 2014

Although there were several major amusement companies at the Rimini Fiera, such as Elmac, Tecnoplay and Faro Games, both halls boasted far more companies focused on the video lottery terminal and AWP markets.

The largest gaming concessionaires, the likes of Lottomatica and Sisal, carried machines from major AWP and slot manufacturers on their stands but only Merkur Gaming, part of the Gauselmann Group, and Inspired Gaming took their own booths.

The rest of the halls this week comprise smaller Italian gaming machine manufacturers, those distributing internationally-manufactured games and cash handling companies, including Alberici, Comestero and CPI.

Although the show’s first-day attendance was broadly in line with last year’s, the suggestion from some exhibitors is that the show continues to reduce in size. A reflection of the market, perhaps, or of the fact that Italy does not require two shows a year.

Although harder to get to for international visitors than its sister show in Rome, nonetheless many InterGame spoke with said that ENADA in Rimini is now the country’s best trade event.

A full report from ENADA in Rimini will be included in the May issue of InterGame.