Friday, July 20, 2012

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SOUTH POINT HOTEL, CASINO & SPA IMPLEMENTS BALLY’S iVIEW DISPLAY MANAGER™ (DM) AND ELITE BONUSING SUITE™

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:54 PM PDT

 

 

LAS VEGAS, July 19, 2012 — Bally Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BYI), a leader in slots, video machines, casino-management, interactive applications, and networked and server-based systems for the global gaming industry, today announced that South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa has implemented Bally's award-winning iVIEW DM and Elite Bonusing Suite solutions.

Chief Executive Officer Richard Haddrill Bally Technologies

The South Point is the first Las Vegas property to use iVIEW and iVIEW DM with the Elite Bonusing Suite applications to enable interactive, floor-wide player-bonusing applications such as instant slot tournaments, Virtual Racing™ events, and U-Spin™ real-time bonusing. To launch the technology, South Point is hosting weekly Virtual Horse Racing events for a month, beginning Thursday, July 26.  South Point patrons who are members of The Club at South Point and earn 25 points on their player's club cards within two hours of each race will be able to participate in the virtual races that enable them to select and root for their favorite horse from a field of eight. The virtual-racing events are available on all of the South Point's gaming machines – without interrupting game play. There will be four Virtual Races each Thursday at 4 p.m., 6 p.m., 8 p.m., and 10 p.m.  Players will split a guaranteed prize pool of $30,000 in bonus credits daily.

"Our mission is to provide the highest quality service to our players and give them a rewarding gaming experience, and we have shown that once again as the first casino in Southern Nevada to offer the excitement of Bally's iVIEW DM and Elite Bonusing Suite solutions," said Michael Gaughan, owner of the South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa. "We like to stay at the forefront of gaming technology, and we are confident we will continue to build our player loyalty with this investment while offering our guests something completely new to the market."

Michael Gaughan, owner of the South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa

The South Point is also using these new systems to enable interactive, floor-wide player-bonusing applications such as U-Spin Bonusing, Lucky Match Bonusing™, Dynamic Random Bonusing™, and DM Tournaments™.

"We are very proud to partner with South Point in implementing our trailblazing iVIEW DM and Elite Bonusing Suite systems solutions," said Bally Technologies' Chief Executive Officer Richard Haddrill. "It is especially exciting that casino patrons in the Las Vegas valley can now experience the fun and excitement of events like Virtual Racing that offer second ways to win and increased anticipation during game play."

About South Point The South Point is a 2,200-room resort in Las Vegas, Nevada providing affordable luxury while catering to visitors and locals alike. This casino destination features a world-class spa, bowling center, ten restaurants, showroom, equestrian arena, convention center, exhibit hall, bingo, 16 movie theatres, and all of the casino games that made Las Vegas famous. The South Point opened in 2005 with a large casino expansion in the summer of 2010. For more information, please visit http://www.southpointcasino.com.

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 Mike Trask, Manager of Corporate Communications, at 702-584-7451, or visit http://www.ballytech.com.  Connect with Bally on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn.

 

Official announcement of new dates SAGSE Panama 2013 May 8 & 9

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 12:25 PM PDT

After the great results of the past edition that surprised the gaming community. With the full presence of the major international manufacturers and casinos operators from all the region, SAGSE in Panamá has become hub of the gaming business. Monografie is proud to announce the confirmation of the next event of Panama on May 8 & 9 2013.

SAGSE in 2013 from Mexico to Peru all gaming in the best place, Panamá.

Reviews from exhibitors and operators who visited the expo.

“Novomatic intensifies its presence in Panama”

“Aristocrat’s position in Panama is outstanding.”

Konami: “Panama is one of the strongest markets in the Caribbean and Latin America”

Merkur “Panama, which has become an attractive market definitely deserves to be watched.”

Successful presentation of Alfastreet in SAGSE Panama. “The expo held in Panama was a great success for Alfastreet. We have reestablished relationships with existing clients and have found new partners in Central and South America. We also received new orders for Panama and Peru. “ ”SAGSE Gaming Panama 2012 exhibition was a great event we meet along with executives from across the region of Central America and the Caribbean. The main local operators were present”

“Talking about SAGSE in Panama is not only speaking of the Panamanian market,  is about the entire surrounding region”.

In a telephone survey conducted to a selected sample of international land base and online gaming operators mostly from Panama, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Puerto Rico and the U.S., it showed that 100% are interest in revisiting Expo in 2013 in Panama in May. Meanwhile,  85% of those contacted who did not attend as visitors say they intend to go to the next edition. In both cases, answers indicated that the location of SAGSE in Panama creates a feeling of security, tranquility and fun to do excellent business.

We have already available the 2013 Panama stands for pre-selling and we are also moving forward with the Buenos Aires expo in November 13,14,15. So those who are concerned of not missing this opportunity can send an email to alan@monografie.com to request extra information and quotes.

 

iBRAND GAMING ANNOUNCES DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH E2C FOR A USB / SERIAL REEL CONTROLLER

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 12:31 AM PDT

 

Oxford based – iBrand Gaming (www.ibrandgaming.com), specialist OEM solution provider, are pleased to announce that they are now global distributors for the RCM06 USB / Serial reel controller board developed by e2c.

iBrand Gaming will be working to promote the GLI approved RCM06 USB / Serial gaming reel controller board throughout the UK and European markets. The board utilises e2c's powerful iSocket client middleware to provide the best in class gaming reel control functions and is designed to work with the Quixant range of gaming controllers or any other PC gaming control board.

The RCM06 USB / Serial reel controller board is ideal for game development houses that are looking to develop hybrid (reel / video) games for the UK, Spain and other markets that require traditional reels to be used with PC gaming technology.

The reel controller board supports up to 6 stepper motor based reels including all unipolar reel types. A development kit is available that includes unique software tools thus providing a quick time to market solution.

“I’m delighted with the agreement we now have with e2c and being able to offer the RCM06 reel controller” stated iBrand Gaming’s Managing Director, John Malin. “By adding this controller to our product portfolio we are able to further enhance our total product offering and solution packages and can further the development of our customer's game design."

Dr Donny McDonald, founder/CEO of e2c, stated that "iBrand Gaming is an excellent partner for e2c's reel control solutions, given their close co-operation with leading European gaming machine manufacturers. After many successful deployments in the USA class II market, we are very excited about being able to offer this technology to the wider gaming market".

 

RADBLUE’S G2S ENGINE (RGE) ENABLES FIRST OPERATOR-DEVELOPED GAME TO SYSTEM (G2S) APPLICATION USING EXISTING GAME TECHNOLOGY

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 12:23 AM PDT

Reno, NV – July 18, 2012 – Radical Blue Gaming's RGE recently went online as the enabling technology for a progressive gaming application, Volcan, launched at Casino de Charlevoix in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada. This new application, developed by the innovators at Ingenio, a research and development subsidiary of Loto-Québec, is the first operator-developed program to use G2S with existing gaming machines.

"We worked with Ingenio to define what information they needed from the games, with WMS Gaming to survey their games' G2S capabilities, and then pulled all the information together to create a reliable, user-friendly solution for the property – all within 90 days," said Russ Ristine, President of Radical Blue Gaming. "The Ingenio application demonstrates the true power of G2S in a way that was always imagined, but has never been done before.”

RGE receives G2S messages directly from the gaming machines, analyzes the messages, and then forwards selected content to a host system through an easy-to-use application programming interface (API). WMS Gaming's support of G2S, with its ability to connect to multiple G2S hosts, meant that no additional modifications to the games were required. And, of course, the games continue to communicate with the existing slot system without disruption.

Volcan currently interacts with 28 games, driving content on a massive 27-screen display each time a jackpot is won. The successful launch of this new application is garnering rave reviews from players, and Ingenio plans to launch the application at two additional casinos (Montréal and Lac-Leamy) in the coming months.

Nathalie Rajotte, Ingenio's Director General, said, "The G2S solution provided by RadBlue was instrumental in completing the project within its time frame. They made communicating with the games very easy, allowing us to focus on creating our multimedia content and integrating all components.  This was our first collaboration with RadBlue and their support throughout was outstanding."

About Radical Blue Gaming Radical Blue Gaming, Inc. (RadBlue), a consulting and product development firm at the forefront of high-speed gaming technologies, is dedicated to helping developers, regulators and operators move seamlessly to the next generation of slot floor technology. For more information, visit www.radblue.com.