Paul Gauselmann

Paul Gauselmann is a German businessman, the founder and CEO of Gauselmann, a German company that produces slot machines, and runs gambling arcades.

  • Paul Gauselmann has been called the “pope of the amusement business” in Germany.
  • He began his career in 1957 working as an apprentice telecommunications inspector and mounted jukeboxes in his spare time.
  • In 1964 he founded the company that turned into Gauselmann Group. He opened the first Merkur amusement arcade in 1974.
  • Today, Gauselmann Group has annual revenue of around $2.3 billion and employs more than 10,000 people.
  • The company produces both AWP (amusement with prize) and SWP (skill with prize) machines and operates arcades throughout Europe.

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