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- GLOBAL GAMING EXPO 2012 TO EXPAND TABLE GAME OFFERINGS
- The UK’s The Responsible Gambling Trust restructures its Board of Trustees
- SPIELO INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS LATEST PRODUCTS AT LATIN AMERICA SHOWROOM EVENT
- MICROGAMING ANNOUNCES NEW GAMES FOR JUNE 2012
- ELA Mexico 2012 Review
- TCSJOHNHUXLEY BRING NEW SUPERNOVA DEVELOPMENTS TO G2E ASIA
- Rank Interactive Launch Cozy Games COZY CONNECT Mobile Platform
- Just 4 weeks away from SAGSE Panama 2012
| GLOBAL GAMING EXPO 2012 TO EXPAND TABLE GAME OFFERINGS Posted: 30 May 2012 02:20 PM PDT
LAS VEGAS -The American Gaming Association (AGA) and Reed Exhibitions today announced that Global Gaming Expo (G2E) 2012 will feature expanded table game content that includes strategically designated space on the show floor and educational programming designed to meet the specific needs of table games operators. G2E is the premier trade show and conference event for the international gaming entertainment industry and will take place Oct. 1-4 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas.  Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr President and CEO of the AGA “We recognize that table games are increasingly important contributors to casinos’ revenue streams, and therefore, we have tailored G2E 2012 to meet the needs of this sector,” said Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., president and CEO of the AGA. “As the largest and most successful trade show and conference event for the international gaming entertainment industry, G2E 2012 will be the go-to place for information and resources on table games, providing gaming professionals with access to cutting-edge products and technology, valuable networking opportunities and unmatched educational programming.” This year, G2E has designated space specifically for table games on the show floor to help maximize exposure for exhibiting companies. More than 28,000 square feet of exhibit space at G2E 2012 will showcase more than 25 companies that specialize in table game products, including Shuffle Master Inc., Gaming Partners International Inc., Galaxy Gaming Inc., DEQ, Cammegh Ltd., Rye Park Gaming and more. Additionally, the trade show floor will feature many electronic table gaming manufacturers, such as Interblock, The Novomatic Group of Companies, AlfaStreet, Casino Technology and Euro Games Technology (EGT).  Courtney Muller Senior VP Reed Exhibitions “We are excited about the large number of table game manufacturers who will be showcasing their products at G2E 2012,” said Courtney Muller, senior vice president at Reed Exhibitions. “We are also thrilled to welcome TCSJOHNHUXLEY to G2E. They are a key player in the table game space, and their presence at G2E 2012 is a great addition to our already-robust list of exhibitors.” In addition to the show floor, the G2E Conference will feature a comprehensive track focused on table games. Designed for those in table games operations and equipment manufacturers alike, sessions in this track will offer focused content on table game trends and strategies for companies in this sector. Guided by a new advisory board of industry leaders, the table game content at the G2E Conference is created by the industry, for the industry to help professionals meet existing challenges and capitalize on new opportunities for success. G2E 2012 also will hold a networking event specifically designed to foster engagement between table game buyers and manufacturers. As in past years, table games will be a major focus of the G2E Players Club, which attracts senior-level executives and buyers from several areas in the gaming industry. G2E is attended by nearly 26,000 industry professionals from around the world. For more information on G2E 2012, visit www.globalgamingexpo.com and connect with G2E on Twitter (@G2EVegas), Facebook and LinkedIn. Global Gaming Expo (G2E) is the international gaming trade show and conference “by the industry and for the industry.” Organized by the American Gaming Association (AGA) and Reed Exhibitions, G2E made its debut in fall 2001, defining itself as the pre-eminent show for the gaming-entertainment industry. The AGA represents the commercial casino-entertainment industry by addressing federal legislative and regulatory issues. The association also serves as a clearinghouse for information, develops educational and advocacy programs, and provides leadership on industry-related issues of public concern. Reed Exhibitions is the world’s leader in organizing a wide range of events, including exhibitions, conferences, congresses and meetings. In 2006 Reed brought together more than 6 million industry professions from around the world, generating billions of dollars in business. Today Reed events are held in 34 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific, and organized by 37 fully staffed offices. Reed’s portfolio of more than 460 events services 52 key industry sectors.
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| The UK’s The Responsible Gambling Trust restructures its Board of Trustees Posted: 30 May 2012 10:24 AM PDT
The Responsible Gambling Trust today announced that it has restructured its Board of Trustees to reflect the charity's new status as both a fundraiser and a distributor of grants. In developing its commissioning plans, the Responsible Gambling Trust has taken into account the need to generate widespread trust and credibility, particularly in view of the investment of both fundraising and commissioning functions in a single, industry-led body and this includes the appointment of wholly independent trustees – that is, independent of the gambling industry, service providers, the Gambling Commission and anyone else that may have a vested interest. Neil Goulden, Chairman of the Responsible Gambling Trust, explained:"A number of Trustees have willingly stood down to enable us to meet our promise to create an appropriate balance of industry-related and independent Trustees. We have now appointed Liz Barclay (a broadcast journalist and Chair of Camden Citizens Advice Bureau) who, together with Gerry Sutcliffe MP (former Gambling Minister) and Jonathan Wolff (Professor of Political Philosophy at University College London and a member of the Gambling Review Body led by Sir Alan Budd which recommended a voluntary system for funding research, education and treatment), represent our first three independent Trustees." On being appointed as a Trustee, Liz Barclay, said:"As a consumer and personal finance journalist and money adviser with experience of the impact of gambling, I am delighted to join the Board of Trustees at the Responsible Gambling Trust. I very much look forward to helping guide the charity to achieve its key objective to become an independent, authoritative and respected voice for responsible gambling in Britain." Marc Etches, Chief Executive of the Responsible Gambling Trust, added:"I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome Carl Leaver (Group Chief Executive of Gala Coral Group) to the Board of Trustees and to express my sincere thanks to the outgoing Trustees namely Ian Burke (Chief Executive of Rank Group plc), Andrew Love (Deputy Chairman of The Ritz Hotel and Chairman of The Ritz Club), Ralph Topping (Chief Executive of William Hill) and Ken Turner (Chief Executive of Sceptre Leisure plc) for the tremendous commitment and support that they gave to The GREaT Foundation and the subsequent merger with the Responsible Gambling Fund in creating the Responsible Gambling Trust." The Responsible Gambling Trust Board of Trustees now consists of:
The Responsible Gambling Trust remains committed to appointing a further two independent Trustees in due course in order to deliver a fully balanced Board of five industry Trustees, five independent Trustees and a Chair.
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| SPIELO INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS LATEST PRODUCTS AT LATIN AMERICA SHOWROOM EVENT Posted: 30 May 2012 10:13 AM PDT
The resoundingly successful event saw clients excited about SPIELO International´s latest range of compelling games and cabinets, resulting in even higher sales orders than during last year's inaugural event.
 Paul Rowan, Vice President of Human Resources; Marcel Heutmekers, Senior Director and General Manager, Latin America and Asia; Jessica Luna, Latin America Sales Director; Lavaz Watson, Vice President and CFO; and Walter Bugno, President and CEO. Customers from around the region, including Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina, had the opportunity to meet SPIELO International President and CEO Walter Bugno and other senior executives at the annual event. A "burlesque" theme added color to the event, featuring special guest and Peruvian top model Maricris Rubio. "We established this special customer event, including our CEO and senior executives, to emphasize the importance of our Latin American clients to our overall global business," said Jessica Luna, SPIELO International's Latin American Sales Director. "We wanted to offer an educational and informative event focused specifically on their business needs, and they responded with great enthusiasm. On behalf of everyone at SPIELO International, we're grateful for their continued support and trust in us."
Visitors were also impressed by Egyptian Gold™, SPIELO International's first progressive link using Episodic Gaming, as well as the latest diversity™ multigame suites, and compelling core games. Systems solutions on display included the GALAXIS™ casino management tool, qpon cash™ ticketing solution, eCash cash terminal, CRYSTAL.NET™ floor network solution, Star BONUS FEVER™ comprehensive bonusing solution, and SYSTEM2go™, SPIELO International's entry-level systems solution at a competitive price. 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, and Amusement with Prize (AWP) markets. SPIELO International serves more than 1,500 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. SPIELO International is 100 percent owned by Lottomatica Group, a market leader in the Italian gaming industry, one of the largest Lottery operators in the world based on total wagers, and a leading provider of lottery and gaming technology solutions worldwide. SPIELO International is also an affiliate of GTECH, a leading gaming technology and services company. SPIELO is a platinum member of the Gaming Standards Association, and supports open industry standards such as Game to System® (G2S®) and System to System® (S2S®). For more information on SPIELO International and our products, please visit our website at www.spielo.com. Game to System and G2S are registered trademarks of the Gaming Standards AssociationTM.
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| MICROGAMING ANNOUNCES NEW GAMES FOR JUNE 2012 Posted: 30 May 2012 03:36 AM PDT
ISLE OF MAN – Microgaming (www.microgaming.com), the world's largest provider of online gaming software, is proud to announce its new selection of games available from June.
Untamed – Giant Panda is a 5 Reel, 243 Way Video Slot, which follows in the footsteps of Untamed – Bengal Tiger which was launched in May. This entertaining offering allows gamers to take 'a trip to China' and spend time with the endangered animal in its natural Chinese forest habitat. The Untamed Series of Slots have four innovative new features which consist of Collect-A-Wild™, Lucky Nudge™, Brilliant Wilds™ and Your Gamble™, so the gamer's experience is significantly enhanced. With Collect-A-Wild™, the reel will turn Wild on the spin after four Wilds have been collected on the counters, and remain Wild for the duration of four spins. Up to five reels can turn Wild, hugely increasing a player's chance of winning big!
With Lucky Nudge™, if a scatter symbol appears when there are two other scatters on the reels, a 'peeking' scatter, just above or below the reel edges, may trigger the Free Spins feature, again aiding a player's hopes of a bigger payout. The Free Spins feature also introduces a new Wild feature – The Brilliant Wilds™ Feature – which holds the Wilds that land on screen for the remaining spins of Free Spins feature.
Your Gamble™ allows players to adjust Gamble Odds according to their preference, allowing them to gamble a single win an unlimited number of times while still being allowed to bank a portion of it. The combination of all these features makes Untamed – Giant Panda, a rare species in the world of Slots. Untamed – Giant Panda will be available on Microgaming's Viper and Flash platforms.
Surf Safari is an All Pays™ video slot that offers a Safari Surf Wax Bonus Feature. In this game, three or more Scatter symbols will trigger the Safari Surf Wax Bonus in which 15 Surf Wax symbols appear on the water. If a player chooses a Surf Wax which triggers a prize, these are added to the feature win. One that says 'COLLECT' means that feature is over and the player is awarded the accumulated prizes they have picked; while 'WIN ALL' means they will win all prizes available in addition to those already picked, and move onto the next round.
Surf Safari will be available on Microgaming's Flash platform. White Buffalo is set amongst mythical Great Plains, with an imaginary beast set to provide players who manage to tame him with good winnings. The game is a 25 line, 5reel video slot, that uses powerful graphics, and has a Free Spins Feature which can be triggered randomly. Players are awarded six free spins with the Moose, Elk and Ram symbols changing into the White Buffalo. All White Buffalo wins are paid as normal. The feature may be re-triggered randomly during free spins, with re-triggers adding six more spins to the current free spins. White Buffalo will be available on Microgaming's Flash platform.
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| Posted: 30 May 2012 02:33 AM PDT
EGT showcased the Cat 4 Cash ® Multi-Level Progressive Jackpot System- one of its latest products, which has already proven itself as an absolute success for the company. The system features four levels of progressive Jackpot. An eye-catching jackpot panel attracts the players' attention with a clear presentation of the jackpot levels and an entertaining animation shown on a high quality 40″ LCD – TFT display. The stylish cabinets are exclusively designed for the player's comfort with their 22″ and 32″ wide-screen LCD-TFT monitors. The players have a good reason to stay on the machine for longer, captured by the attractive multi-games run by the technologically advanced Exciter II ® platform.
Nadia Popova, Sales Manager EGT, commented the show "ELA 2012 was a great success and a perfect opportunity for us to show commitment to our customers and partners and to acquire new ones. The customers' reaction to our products was very enthusiastic, especially Cat 4 Cash ® Multi-Level Progressive Jackpot System and our P-Series with up to 20 3D games driven by the new platform Exciter II®. Our games do great in the South American markets which is why we are on the opinion that we should extend our activities to one of the biggest markets there –Mexico. We see 2012 as an opportunity to further grow in the Mexican Market and we will work very hard in this direction. Furthermore, EGT feels committed to the changes in the gaming market in Mexico and the push for adapting new regulations.
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| TCSJOHNHUXLEY BRING NEW SUPERNOVA DEVELOPMENTS TO G2E ASIA Posted: 30 May 2012 01:13 AM PDT TCSJOHNHUXLEY are very excited to be showcasing the latest developments of their SuperNova Table Bonus System at G2E Asia. This floor wide progressive and game bonusing system delivers added value to all live table games including Roulette. The system drives increased revenues by adding higher levels of player excitement and loyalty to all of your live table games. This makes it the worlds first progressive system for local and networked table game applications that can be used on any live table. One of the most exciting things about SuperNova is that it can now be applied to any table game. Its multi-level event based and mystery prizes can be employed even on games that don't normally run progressive jackpots. "You can add the Supernova system to any game, even one without a progressive jackpot, and just have it running in mystery mode. Having listened to the needs of casino operators, our latest SuperNova developments link your card and Roulette tables together"explains Harley Jackson, Technical Director TCSJOHNHUXLEY Australasia and who headed up development of the system. SuperNova incorporates the wide screen Omni Progressive Display. It features multiple odometers and can be re-skinned and themed to integrate with the base table game and reinforce the overall casino brand. An intuitive touch screen handset allows easy dealer operation and quick game change configuration. The unique SuperNova animated bet sensor is capable of an infinite range of attract mode effects and enticing sequences such as pulsating, spinning, and sparkling to drive side bet participation and increase the energy level of the game. Bets are made and recorded when chips are placed onto the Supernova sensors fitted to the table. Players can play the base game alone, or they can choose to play the base game plus a mystery bonus and in many cases a progressive jackpot too if supported by the base game. An optional illuminating Bash Button adds tactile participation to a range of games including double up features and secondary bonus games.   | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rank Interactive Launch Cozy Games COZY CONNECT Mobile Platform Posted: 30 May 2012 12:19 AM PDT
Wednesday 30th May 2012, London Online, mobile and social gaming technology specialist, Cozy Games has today announced that Rank Interactive is the latest operator to go live with its COZY CONNECT Mobile Platform. The COZY CONNECT Mobile Platform has been designed to integrate best of breed third party games with its own unique gaming content and seventeen games have been selected by Rank Interactive which are included as part of the launch package. Commenting on the launch, Simon Woolf, Head of Mobile at Rank Interactive, the online division of Rank Group, said "We chose COZY CONNECT for its fantastic proprietary mobile technology. They were very responsive to our requirements and provide us with a wide range of new gaming content for the mobile channel on a variety of platforms." Speaking on behalf of www.Cozy Games.com, Tim Green, and Chief Operating Officer said, "The COZY CONNECT Platform offers operators a flexible technical approach and an unbridled reach across multiple platforms. Mobile gaming is the fastest growing gambling market and we are proud to be leading the way. Rank Interactive is a leading European betting and gaming company and we are delighted to announce this momentous partnership." Cozy Games is one of the only few companies offering a full casino suite with more than forty games within its portfolio and a further 30+ best of breed third party content. The liquidity is also shared between the web and mobile whilst an integrated mobile billing solution means a player can deposit on the mobile platform using a telecom operators billing system.
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| Just 4 weeks away from SAGSE Panama 2012 Posted: 30 May 2012 12:14 AM PDT Panama will host the largest and most international event from Mexico to Peru so far of this 2012. SAGSE Panama in its 8th edition will be the keystone of endless activities related to the Gaming and Amusement industry. With over 3,500 square meters of exhibition, +65 (+20% vs. 2011) international exhibitors, + 1,000 products and more than 10 hours of training for the industry has become a Must event for gaming operators . It is choice not chance the election of a location to execute SAGSE. Is studied carefully, thinking in a medium and long term. Panama is the pearl of Latin America. Its a hub with a great present and an enormous future. For example the modernization of the Canal, valued at U.S. $ 5,600 million will double its current capacity in 2014 and will have a major impact on the global economy particularly Panama. This generates optimism and prosperity today. The real hub is in Panama. According to the analysis of pre registrations in SAGSE is expect to find more qualified buyers that cannot be seen in any other event up to now. A 100% international prospects. Important conferences ever presented in LATAM International Service It was also signed another agreement with the El Panama Hotel Casino, operated by Codere. They offer excellent rates and benefits to those staying there. Those interested should contact Jhocelyn Escobar, Account Manager, telephone (507) 215-9447, fax (507) 269-3309 or mail jescobar@elpanama.com (SAGSE must mention code 2012). To learn more about SAGSE, online registration, floor plan and conferences: www.sagsepanama.com or alan@monografie.com   |
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