Tuesday, July 3, 2012

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DIAMOND JUBLIEE GIVEAWAY AT ASPERS SUPER CASINO The lucky winner is announced

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 01:37 PM PDT

 

 

 

 

Mr Ghanshyam Chaturbhai Patel from Newham, London is the lucky winner of Aspers Super Casino's Diamond Jubilee Giveaway. Celebrating his first prize of His & Hers Diamond encrusted Rolex watches, Mr Patel commented, "This Diamond Jubilee Give Away draw is my second major win with Aspers Casino! I am confident and my sixth sense says that this will lead to a HATRICK WIN in the very near future."

Ghanshyam Chaturbhai Patel and Richard Smith, General Manager of Aspers Super Casino

Other prizes to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee giveaway included 5000 Aspire Points, £100 Clary's Restaurant Meal Voucher and an Apple iPod Touch and iPad2.

Located in the heart of east London, Aspers has set a new benchmark for casinos offering a variety and number of high quality games for both the professional player and novice.  As the largest casino in the country, Aspers offers a stylish and relaxed live gaming experience, including slots, gaming tables, poker room, a casual dining restaurant, Sports Bar and a Sky Bar with panoramic views over the Olympic stadium.

Aspers Casino is a major addition to the entertainment and leisure offer at the new £1.8 billion Westfield Stratford City which as well as containing 250 shops and 70 restaurants also includes a state of the art all-digital Vue cinema with 2,832 seats across 14 screens, a 14-lane bowling alley and a total of 617 hotel rooms across three high quality hotels including a four-star flagship Holiday Inn, Staybridge Suites for executive accommodation and a Premier Inn.

 

SocialMobile Analytics Firm Kontagent Partners with EiG to Research the Convergence Between Social Gaming and Gambling

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 08:00 AM PDT

London & San Francisco, CA, 29 June 2012 – Clarion Events, organisers of the 11th European iGaming Congress & Expo (EiG), taking place on 16-18 October in Barcelona, Spain, have announced their partnership with the leading social and mobile analytics firm Kontagent to launch a research project aimed at exploring the widely discussed and anticipated convergence between social gaming and online gambling.

The rise of social casino-style gaming, which surpassed farm games on Facebook and has been named the hottest gaming category of 2012, is being examined closely by the gambling sector and has already led to high-profile acquisitions of Doubledown by IGT, Playtika by Caesars and, more recently, Orneon by bwin.party digital entertainment.

The full scope and extent of the convergence between social gaming and gambling is still unknown and subject to debates and multitude of opinions. Potential partnerships, differences in user metrics and game mechanics and player conversion tools are being examined.

To further the understanding of how the two industries might converge and what opportunities and risks that convergence involves, Clarion Events have partnered with Kontagent on an extensive research project that will include industry interviews, a white paper, webinar and a presentation on the outcomes of the research at the upcoming European iGaming Congress & Expo.

"EiG will debate the impact of the social gaming phenomenon on the iGaming sector with a whole series of strategic debates, case studies, brainstorming sessions and networking events. Kontagent, with their expertise in the social gaming space and, in particular, with their insights into the social player analytics, is a perfect partner to help us provide a more in-depth and detailed analysis of how the two sectors collide from the players' perspective," says Ewa Bakun, Head of Content for EiG.

"Social casino gaming is a major category for us–our customers are using our analytics platform and services to understand what appeals to their players so they can build more lucrative games,"  says Jeff Tseng, Kontagent CEO and Co-Founder. "There is increasing demand for our services from both online and land-based casino operators, as well as social and mobile game developers who are interested in building casino-style games. We're very excited to partner with Clarion on this initiative that will give a deeper understanding of the casino landscape to the entire industry. With their extensive contacts in that space via their leading event brands, such as EiG, we couldn't think of a better organization with which to partner."

To start off the project, Clarion Events and Kontagent have launched a survey designed to collect views, expressed by both social game developers and gambling operators, on the convergence between the two sectors. The survey is available at: http://ktgt.co/social-casino-survey. For taking part, survey participants will be entered into a prize draw for a chance to win a free pass to EiG 2012. The final results of the project will be presented and discussed during the 11th European iGaming Congress & Expo in Barcelona, where Kontagent will deliver a presentation and host a networking event for delegates with interest in the social gaming space.

The 11th European iGaming Congress & Expo (EiG) is taking place in Barcelona on 16-18 October 2012. More information and registration are available at www.eigexpo.com.

 

BonusBox by Gaming Support Receives Additional NGCB Approval

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 07:14 AM PDT

 

Las Vegas, Nevada July 02, 2012 Gaming Support USA, the Las Vegas based subsidiary of the Netherlands headquartered gaming peripheral and system company, announced today that it has been granted additional certification from the Nevada Gaming Control Board for its BonusBox slot bonusing product.

BonusBox Installed Red Rock Casino Las Vegas

BonusBox displays and dispenses physical prizes right at the game, allowing casinos to stock each BonusBox with anything from cash, to tickets and iPhone's that patrons want to play for, and win. BonusBox gives casinos the freedom to vary competition and bonus jackpot prizes to keep patrons entertained. This increased entertainment helps build the level of mystery and suspense customers feel in order to keep floors buzzing.

"Gaming Support is pleased to announce this additional certification for Nevada," said Don Baugh CEO of Gaming Support USA. "Performance data clearly shows BonusBox increases coin-in, time on device, and win per unit. On the softer, emotional side, casino patrons find BonusBox to be an innovative, unique, and fun slot bonusing option. We look forward to rolling out more BonusBox units with Nevada operators to help add more fun and excitement to each gaming floor."

About Gaming Support Founded in 2000, Gaming Support designs and manufactures innovative products and technology solutions for the global gaming industry. The Company's product line includes Agility® super slim and lightweight gaming signs, as well as traditional casino signs, LED displays and jackpot controllers. Gaming Support also offers an array of solutions that includes the BonusBox® slot bonusing product, JackpotJunction® gaming digital signage, casinomanagement systems, and the SlotTimer energy saving device. The Company's clients range from the biggest and best casino operators in the world to small, stand-alone slot parlors.

For more information about GamingSupport, please contact Damien Connelly, Marketing Manager at +31 (10) 524-1150 and/or Lisa Jensen, SalesManager North America at +1 (702) 944-9224, or visit www.gamingsupport.com. You can also connect with Gaming Support on LinkedIn.

 

LVS launch new cutting edge version of Apollo Their website and CMS framework

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 04:30 AM PDT

 

 

2 JULY 2012 (LONDON, UK) – LVS continue to ensure each customer's website is "unique" and matches all their bespoke requirements, whilst at the same time being developed in as cost efficient a manner as possible.

The latest version of Apollo has been built entirely using Ruby on Rails and HTML 5 and includes new front end features such as an event filter with search functionality, floating betslip and newly designed live betting screens. Another exciting feature is the embedding of radio, web TV and live streaming into the site to optimise the punters betting experience.

In terms of backend CMS enhancements – the customer now has control over individual channels i.e. web, tablet and mobile and by using the new enhanced drag and drop page layout builder a non technical person can easily control the day to day content. Also a new more powerful SEO functionality allows the customer full control over their search criteria.

The following additional features are also available within the CMS system:
• Ability to upload images, flash content or HTML into advertising and other user defined components
• Full access control with each operator have defined privilege levels to control the content which they can control
• Publish start and expiry dates. Components can automatically swap in and out without operator interaction
• Full multi-website and multi-language support

An example of an LVS customer who have upgraded to the new solution can be found at www.parionsweb.fr

LVS celebrates its 20th anniversary this year with a new corporate website. LVS is a key player in the business-to-government sector and will continue to produce the best, cutting-edge technology in sportsbetting with a full range of international products across multiple channels. LVS provides online sportsbook to a number of operators across Europe and Asia and have recently moved in to the African market with their retail sportsbetting platform.  For more information please visit www.lvs.co.uk

About LVS (http://www.lvs.co.uk) Acquired by the French national lottery operator, La Française Des Jeux, LVS has supplied interactive sports betting software to leading sportsbook operators since 1992. The Advanced Betting Platform sportsbook engine from LVS is the most flexible sportsbook on the market and has ten years of continuous development behind it. The Advanced Betting Platform (ABP) enables operators to provide customers with the ability to bet and play in multiple languages and currencies across several products and platforms including web, mobile devices, retail outlets and telebetting services. LVS is a member of the World and European Lottery Associations and is licensed by the UK Gambling Commission.

 

FIRST PROGRESSIVE JACKPOT NETWORK WIN ON QUICKFIRE PLATFORM

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 03:49 AM PDT

 

ISLE OF MAN – QuickFire, powered by Microgaming (www.quickfiregames.co.uk), is pleased to announce that one lucky player has won the fantastic sum of €119,114.79 through the Microgaming powered Progressive Jackpot Network.

The prize was won recently by a player on the Mega Moolah slot game via the Mr Green mobile site, and has been paid out in full in a lump sum so the player can enjoy their winnings immediately. The operator Mr Green is a relative newcomer to Microgaming, having only signed their operating contract with the company in March.

Ashley Sandyford-Sykes, QuickFire spokesperson, says: "This is the first Progressive Jackpot win on Mega Moolah on the QuickFire platform, and the first win on a mobile device. QuickFire offers operators a large volume of top quality games on a stand-alone platform, and this win can only increase the popularity of the games offering."

Stina Reutercrona for Mr Green says: "We're delighted it was one of our players who won the latest Progressive Jackpot payout especially since he was playing on our new mobile site. Mr Green is offering the best games on the market from the top tier suppliers and Microgaming was recently added to our portfolio."

First launched in 2004, the Microgaming mobile casino software allows players to access high quality versions of some of the most popular games, including blackjack and roulette, video poker and traditional slots using a variety of mobile devices.

The Progressive Jackpot Network powered by Microgaming has paid out over €320 million to date.

 

THANK YOU FOR VISITING US AT 2012 CANADIAN GAMING SUMMIT IN NIAGARA FALLS

Posted: 02 Jul 2012 03:08 AM PDT

Interblock participated in the Canadian Gaming Summit (CGS) show which was held in Niagara Falls, Ontario on June 12 – 13, 2012 in conjunction with Canadian partner, Bet Rite. CGS show had over 1000 attendees representing various Canadian provinces.

Tom O’Brien, VP of Sales, Interblock USA, commented: “The CGS show was another hit for the Bet Rite and Interblock team. Customer response was fantastic. Job was well done once again by the entire team.”

Interblock displayed the latest G4 Organic Twins(tm) 10 in Football Shape with Roulette and Dice center. Organic Twins(tm) belongs to a wide range of products from Multicenter family, which can be designed in different shapes with 12, 14 and 16 play stations in a trendy football shape design with individual Player Information Displays (PIDs). This multi-game, multi-denomination, multi-player platform can offer to the casino to select between several combinations of available games, the version that was displayed at CGS was with Roulette and Dice game.

Billy MacLellan, Chief Operating Officer at Bet Rite, added: “The 2012 Canadian Gaming Summit in Niagara Falls was a great success for Bet Rite. The Organic G4 product looked great and received rave reviews from all our Canadian customers. With all the interest in the Interblock product we are really looking forward to finishing strong throughout the rest of 2012!”

We enjoyed meeting with you and exploring Interblock’s most innovative gaming solutions and discovering the future for the gaming industry worldwide.