Saturday, September 15, 2012

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14th September 2012 Countdown To EAG International Expo

Posted: 14 Sep 2012 06:56 AM PDT

 

 

The countdown to EAG International 2013 has begun with organisers and exhibitors determined that the 4th Expo will maintain its position as the industry's inaugural event for the forthcoming year.

On 22nd January 2013 London's ExCel will open its doors to the premier event of the European amusement and gaming industry calendar. According to Show Organiser Karen Cooke, forward bookings are excellent: "Overall sale of stand space is progressing well with enquiries reflecting the broader base of the show and the additional support of BALPPA members.

Show Organiser Karen Cooke

"Following decades of tradition, the 2013 show will take place in the third week of January," revealed Karen.

Exhibitors at the show will be supported by a comprehensive marketing and advertising campaign, employing direct mail, social media and extensive promotional coverage from over 40 supporting publications, associations and newswires. There has been an increase in the number of overseas publications electing to become Media Supporters, reflecting EAG International Expo's increasing international appeal.

Karen also confirmed that the show's popular seminar programme will continue to develop as a forum for sharing knowledge and ideas.

"We've listened carefully to both exhibitors and visitors and the sessions will address a number of highly topical issues. The seminars will offer delegates the opportunity to interact with some of the industry's most successful practitioners," she promised.

With a world class venue, new product launches, great networking opportunities and a now legendary first night party, EAG International Expo 2013 is set to deliver a great start to the year.

For further details please visit www.eagexpo.com or contact Karen Cooke on +44(0)1582 767254

 

LOTTOMATICA GROUP SUBSIDIARY SPIELO INTERNATIONAL CANADA TO PROVIDE INTELLIGEN™ CENTRAL SYSTEM IN SASKATCHEWAN

Posted: 14 Sep 2012 04:16 AM PDT

(Moncton, CANADA) – September 14, 2012 – Lottomatica Group S.p.A. subsidiary SPIELO International Canada ULC (SPIELO International) has announced that it has recently signed a seven-year contract to provide its INTELLIGEN™ central system to support Saskatchewan's video lottery terminal (VLT) program

Walter Bugno, President and CEO of Lottomatica Group's business unit, SPIELO International

The Western Canada Lottery Corporation (WCLC) will use SPIELO International's INTELLIGEN central system to monitor approximately 4,000 VLTs. The system is expected to be installed in late 2012. The contract may be extended beyond the initial seven-year term, subject to the agreement of the parties.

The system, which replaces existing aging infrastructure, will include the following value-added applications: Distributed Game Management, Advanced Business Intelligence, and Proactive Diagnostics. There are also provisions to add further applications at a later date.

"We have had the pleasure of doing business in the Saskatchewan VLT market for two decades now, and we're happy to build upon this relationship by providing them with our advanced INTELLIGEN system," said Walter Bugno, President and CEO of Lottomatica Group's business unit, SPIELO International. "This central system will not only answer their current needs, but it has the adaptability to satisfy changing requirements over the life of the contract."

"The dependability and integrity of SPIELO International's systems speaks to their culture of developing central systems in direct response to the needs of distributed VLT operators," said WCLC Vice President of VLT Operations, Tyrone Wolfram.

"Furthermore, the applications we've opted to add to the base system will allow us to update games and make changes remotely; to gather and analyze data on demand; and to continuously monitor the status of our machines. This valuable functionality contributes to the sustainability of the overall program."

INTELLIGEN offers stable, secure command and control capabilities uniquely tailored to operators of distributed and venue VLT environments, based on more than 20 years of proven central system experience. It interoperates with a wide range of VLTs using multiple protocols, including the Game to System® (G2S®) open standard protocol.

WCLC operates the VLT program on behalf of the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority.

Lottomatica Group is a market leader in the Italian gaming industry and one of the largest Lottery operators in the world based on total wagers and, through its subsidiary GTECH Corporation, is a leading provider of lottery and gaming technology solutions worldwide. Together, the companies are the only vertically integrated full service lottery group. Lottomatica Group is majority owned by De Agostini, which belongs to a century-old publishing and media services group. Lottomatica is listed on the Stock Exchange of Milan under the trading symbol "LTO". In 2011, Lottomatica Group had €3.0 billion in revenues and 8,000 employees in over 60 countries.

 

VNE at ENADA ROMA 2012

Posted: 14 Sep 2012 01:23 AM PDT

On the occasion of Enada Roma 2012 VNE will propose something new yet again regarding both the Italian and European market: a commercial innovation and a product revolution.

Valentina Santarelli and Lorenzo Verona at the last ENADA exhibition back in Rimini early this year

It is difficult to establish what is the more important aspect. Mr. Lorenzo Verona, Commercial Director of the leading Italian money change machine manufacturer, starts by explaining the most ambitious commercial project ever faced by an Italian company – known as 'The Rent Project': "We think that in this particular economic period it is important not just to offer products but several services: from maintenance of peripherals to online connection of machines for a remote control of money inside the cashbox".

By renting a VNE change machine it is possible to have all those services being completely aware of the money spent every month and consequently, we offer the customer the opportunity to accurately plan investments. Moreover, the fiscal advantage for the companies renting machines will be very strong as the entire expense is deductible including the sales tax / value-added tax. Furthermore, VNE is offering the opportunity to have high performing change machines at a reasonable cost, connected to a powerful network able to control and handle them, with fixed expenses and a programmed maintenance that even brings about the potential for fiscal advantages.

"As those machines are connected to our server, customers will visualise not just accounting, refilling, door opening, every kind of operations but they will even visualise machines on google maps. This will allow them to find out the device in the case it is illegally removed", explains Mr. Verona.

Finally, all the VNE machines could be equipped with TV screens which, still connected to the VNE server, can provide personalised advertising or customers can even sell advertising to a third party.

The Italian market recognises VNE as the 'Ferrari' of money change machines as they have never been defrauded. VNE is synonymous with innovation, technology, originality, reliability and honesty but from today everyone has to know that VNE is even synonymous with convenience. VNE offers convenience by providing excellent products and services, maintaining utmost quality.

The second but not less important revolution VNE will propose in Rome is a new model of Change. A new cabinet, which has been planned to be even more secure and reliable: namely the VIKING. It has a modular structure so that it can be used or just as a normal single change machine or as a double change machine. To realize this new change machine, VNE signed an agreement with MDS, allowing VNE to use very high quality peripherals, as the for new 2 banknotes Bill to Bill or the 1 denomination Bill recycler that are particular suited for bars and smaller premises.

On the VIKING, each refilling is monitored and registered for a higher security even in the case of a simple change. Inside, the machine is divided in different sections: in this way it will not be possible to have access to hoppers or to the bill cashbox without having keys or without being authorised. Coins are divided into two hoppers for high capacity alongside a cashbox for the overflow coins or for those coins which are not to be recycled. Thus, with just one cabinet several configurations are possible.

In conclusion, VNE will be presenting a new retail machine – in cooperation with Cogetech – for paying bills, fines, charge up mobile phones and so on. It is the device that can really make the difference and offer additional possibilities. Thus, this new machine offers the dual advantage of being a change machine and retail machine providing several services