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- BALLY TECHNOLOGIES TO SHOWCASE INNOVATIVE GAMES AND AWARD WINNING SYSTEMS AT G2E ASIA MAY 22 to 24 IN MACAU
- RECORD PAYOUTS AT MAGIC CASINOS JACKPOT IN FRANCE
- FutureLogic Continues to Strengthen its Midwest Presence
| Posted: 15 May 2012 11:05 AM PDT
"We are proud to showcase our new world-class licensed brands and award-winning systems solutions in Asia," said Bally Technologies' Vice President, Asia-Pacific and Managing Director of Bally India Srini Raghavan. "Attendees will experience our new compelling game content, trailblazing play mechanics, floor-wide bonusing applications, and cloud-based custom mobile apps. These technologies deliver an entertaining experience across the casino floor and tremendous return-on-investment for our casino partners across the world." Bally will exhibit its trailblazing gaming products in booth #1003 at the trade show and conference held at The Venetian Macao. World-Class Brands Taking center stage will be Michael Jackson King of Pop, which features one of the most beloved and influential artists of all time in an exciting, music-filled game on Bally's new Pro Series™ V22/32 cabinet with the custom, Pro surround-sound chair. Offering everything from mystery wilds bonuses and free games bonus events and featuring hit songs Bad, Beat It, Billie Jean, Dirty Diana, and Smooth Criminal, this game is highlighted by a U-Spin™ Platinum Record Bonus and video clips showcasing the performer. Michael Jackson is represented exclusively for licensing by the Bravado International Group. Inspired by Paramount Pictures' 1978 American musical film about two love-struck teens in a 1950s high school, GREASE is Bally's first double-play game, featuring two, 25-line games – enabling the player to play two games at once. GREASE also fully utilizes Bally's iDeck™ touch-screen button deck in the "Dance Off" Free Games feature in which players "dance" on the iDeck to win additional free games or credits, and in the "How Cool Are You?" bonus in which the  Cash Wizard player selects from one of four cars on the iDeck and the car moves up the ladder; the winning character indicates the player's "coolness" factor and awards one of the four progressive jackpots or credit values. Market-Oriented Game Content As part of Bally's commitment to developing products designed specifically for the Asian market, the Company will exhibit a large number of Asian-themed titles including Sakura Festival™, Moon Dynasty™, Rainbow Dragon™, Tiger Treasures™, and Lucky Dragon™ on the sleek Pro™ V22/22 cabinet. Additionally, for the award-winning Pro Curve™ cabinet, featuring the industry's only curved LCD to emulate spinning reels on a video slot, G2E Asia visitors will experience the titles Beijing Treasures™ and Radiant Riches™ among others. Furthermore, Bally will showcase Chinese versions of the popular Break the Ice™ and Cash Wizard™ games. Bally Technologies will also showcase the Golden Empire™ and Jeepney Joyride™ mystery progressive links. Golden Empire and Jeepney Joyride were developed locally for the Macau and Philippines gaming markets respectively. These mystery links feature themes targeted for the region and enable players to win one of the three or four randomly triggered progressive jackpots, depending on the operator's configurations. Golden Empire and Jeepney Joyride link over standalone video slot machines, allowing jackpots to be triggered randomly during game play; no max bet is required to win one of the progressive amounts. "We are focusing on developing specialized market-oriented content," said Bally Technologies' Managing Director of Asia-Pacific Kurt Gissane. "We have released several games that have all been fully translated into Chinese, and they have been a huge success."
Arcade-Like Play Mechanics Another highlight of Bally's exhibit will be the award-winning game Fish'n for Loot™ and Total Blast™. These exciting new games introduce Bally's U-Shoot™ virtual-shooting gallery bonus-game play mechanic in which the player touches the iDeck to create weapons for "shooting" at targets on the main game screens. Bally brings the arcade favorite SKEE-BALL® to casinos in Macau on the Pro™ V32 cabinet. The game includes a bonus feature in which players touch and slide to throw the SKEE-BALL®, winning "tickets" that enable them to "Pick a Prize" on the game that reveals credit awards. All That Jazz™, also featured on Bally's Pro V32 cabinet, has a revolutionary iDeck feature called U-Play™, in which players touch and play virtual piano keys. Players attempt to follow a melody by playing the piano keys. Every note is converted into numbers which populate four bonus reels. At the end of the song, the reels are spun to reveal the base-game prize.
Powerful Floor-Wide Player Experience Asia-Pacific casino operators will experience the innovation with live demonstrations of iVIEW Display Manager™ (DM), an interactive communication tool used by players and controlled by the gaming operator. This picture-in-picture style player-user-interface is backward compatible on any gaming device with a touch-screen display, and provides a way for casino operators to present self-service player-account access, marketing messages, and secondary bonus games on the main game screen – without interrupting play. Another show-stopper will be Bally's Elite Bonusing Suite™ (EBS), which, when combined with the iVIEW and iVIEW DM player-user-interfaces, adds dramatic new levels of excitement and anticipation to the slot-play experience. The EBS applications delivers floor-wide, interactive promotions, second-chance-to-win events, and the ability for players to earn valuable rewards, all without interrupting play on the base game. The Bally Mobile team will also be on hand to give live demonstrations of the Company's cloud-based custom mobile apps and mobile websites for casino patrons and internal-facing apps for casino employees About Bally Technologies, Inc. With a history dating back to 1932, Las Vegas-based Bally Technologies designs, manufactures, operates, and distributes advanced gaming devices, systems and technology solutions worldwide. Bally's product line includes reel-spinning slot machines, video slots, wide-area progressives, interactive and mobile applications, and Class II, lottery, and central-determination games and platforms. Bally also offers an array of casino management, slot accounting, bonusing, cashless and table management solutions. For more information, please contact Laura Olson-Reyes, Senior Director, Marketing & Corporate Communications, at 702-584-7742, or visit http://www.ballytech.com. Connect with Bally on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn.
This news release may contain "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is subject to the safe harbor created thereby. Such information involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect the results in the future and, accordingly, such results may differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Future operating results may be adversely affected as a result of a number of risks that are detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to update the information in this press release and represents that the information is only valid as of today's date.
Michael Jackson − ©2012 Triumph International, Inc. under license from Bravado Merchandising. All rights reserved. GREASE − ©2012 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved. SKEE-BALL® − ©2012 SKEE-BALL®, Inc. & ® All Rights Reserved. Used
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| RECORD PAYOUTS AT MAGIC CASINOS JACKPOT IN FRANCE Posted: 15 May 2012 10:55 AM PDT
MAGIC CASINOS JACKPOT is the world's largest WAP jackpots system based on the well-known Star JACKPOT™ software and CRYSTAL WEB™ floor network solution from SPIELO International.
The joint venture includes the five largest casino groups including Lucien Barrière Hotels and Casinos, JOA, Tranchant, Emeraude, COGIT, and 20 independent casinos. The jackpot generates enormous excitement, because a small bet can pay big: players wager a minimum of 3 credits of €0.50 (for a total of €1.5) to qualify for a jackpot of several million Euros. This is another example of SPIELO International´s unique WAP expertise, which can be easily deployed across any number of casinos. SPIELO International offers the full scope of wide area progressive solutions, from just Star JACKPOT and CRYSTAL.net™ or CRYSTAL WEB installation to a full turnkey solution that includes machines, systems and administration. SPIELO International administrates the jackpot 24/7, and is subject to very strict regulations. The jackpot administration includes daily meter reconciliation against system participation, hit management and regulatory reporting, as well as the accounting. Since May 2010 a record jackpot of €9, 420, 902 was won by MAGIC CASINOS JACKPOT at Casino JOA in the town of Port Crouesty, €5, 512, 448 at Casino Tranchant in Bagnères-de-Bigorre, €4, 522, 674 in Casino JOA La Siesta in Antibes, €3, 438, 701 at Casino JOA in Luxeuil-les-Bains and €1, 877, 087 at Casino Emeraude in Saint Jean de Monts. In total more than €30, 647, 649 have been redistributed across France since the jackpot was launched back in 2009. SPIELO International is a world leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of top-performing games, cabinets, central systems and associated software for legal gaming markets around the world. It offers a complete range of end-to-end gaming products for diverse gaming segments, including distributed government-sponsored markets, commercial casino markets, Amusement with Prize (AWP) markets, and interactive and sports betting markets as a result of integration with GTECH G2. SPIELO International serves more than 1,650 customers on five continents and has shipped more than 200,000 gaming machines worldwide, and holds more than 300 gaming licenses. Of those, it is licensed to sell machines in 25 U.S. states, including Nevada, as well as to 142 tribes.
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| FutureLogic Continues to Strengthen its Midwest Presence Posted: 15 May 2012 10:48 AM PDT
"Bill is a proven problem solver. His excellent technical and customer relationship skills will be a critical addition to our Midwest customer support team," said Nick Micalizzi, FutureLogic's Vice President of Sales and Marketing, North America. "Joining Ted Grevelis, our Midwest Business Development Manager, Bill will help bolster localized support for FutureLogic's state-of-the-art printers and intelligent promotional couponing solutions."  Bill VanderKooi Field Application Engineer Midwest USA Prior to joining FutureLogic, VerderKooi worked for 9 years at IGT where he started as a Remote Field Technician and eventually was promoted to Field Service Technician. His skills proved to be invaluable as he provided comprehensive field support and maintenance on EGMs and associated communication architecture. Prior to joining IGT, Bill worked as a Slot Technician at the Isle of Capri Casino in Kansas City, Missouri where he was responsible for repair and maintenance of games on the casino floor. About FutureLogic, Inc. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Glendale, Calif., FutureLogic develops and supplies solutions for the gaming industry including high-reliability printer equipment and in-game promotional couponing solutions. As the undisputed leader in super-robust thermal printer technology, FutureLogic is the industry’s premier supplier of thermal printers for casino gaming, promotional equipment, kiosk, industrial, RTAL, gas pumps and medical applications. FutureLogic has shipped more than 1.5 million TITO printers worldwide. In July 2004 the company founded FutureLogic Europe, Ltd. to provide direct sales and engineering support for the growing OEM thermal printer markets in Europe. In October 2006 FutureLogic expanded its global support network into the Asia Pacific market, with a new sales and service center in Macau, China. In 2010 FutureLogic further supplemented its service and support platform with the opening of an office in Sydney, Australia, and in 2011 the company expanded its sales and marketing presence to cover South America. More information on the company is available at www.futurelogic-inc.com.
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