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CURRENT STATE OF GLOBAL GAMING INDUSTRY, ONLINE GAMBLING TO BE KEY TOPICS AT FAHRENKOPF’S ANNUAL G2E MEDIA BRIEFING

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 02:36 PM PDT

 

American Gaming Association (AGA) president and CEO Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. will hold an on-site media briefing during Global Gaming Expo (G2E) 2012 to discuss the latest gaming news.

He will discuss the current state of the global gaming industry, including national and international expansion and the continuing impact of the weak economy on the industry in the U.S. and abroad. Fahrenkopf will provide an update on the current status of Internet gambling legislation at the state and federal level and discuss the various ways technology is changing the relationship between the gaming industry and its customers. Fahrenkopf will conclude his remarks by providing his outlook for the 2012 election and its potential impact on the industry. A question-and-answer session with the media will immediately follow Fahrenkopf's remarks.

WHEN: Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 8:30 a.m.

WHERE: The Sands Expo & Convention Center   Veronese 2501  201 Sands Ave.Las Vegas, NV

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. To follow the AGA on Facebook, visit www.facebook.com/americangaming; for Twitter, go to www.twitter.com/AGAupdate.

 

FutureLogic’s PromoNet® Couponing Solution Makes European Debut at London Clubs International (LCI)

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 02:15 PM PDT

GLENDALE, CA — September 26, 2012— FutureLogic, Inc., the world's leading developer of innovative ticket printing & couponing solutions, announces today its first European installation of the PromoNet® promotional couponing solution across the slot floor at London Clubs International's (LCI) prestigious 'The Casino at The Empire' in London's Leicester Square.

LCI's Director of Loyalty, Nick Grimshaw oversaw the selection and installation of the intelligent promotional couponing solution across the slot floor at LCI's flagship casino and commented, "We were very impressed with PromoNet® when we evaluated it against competitive offerings and immediately realized the system's potential as an effective marketing tool to our players and complementary to our Player Rewards program, the UK's leading casino loyalty program. The service, support and training we have received from FutureLogic before, during and after the installation has been second to none. We are now using the PromoNet® system to encourage even more players to sign up, to reward existing players for their business and loyalty and as an advertising medium for our bars, restaurants, and events we need to promote."

Grimshaw continued, "As expected, the installation and the first few weeks of operation have been very smooth . Moreover, we're delighted with the high ticket redemption rates which leads us to the fact that our players really love the concept. The typical redemption rate for the majority of the promotions has been over 50% with some promotions reaching a remarkable 80% redemption rate. One of our primary goals for installing PromoNet was to further increase the frequency of visitation and I'm happy to say that PromoNet® has been instrumental in achieving that objective."

"We are delighted with LCI's decision to choose PromoNet® as their promotional couponing solution. We have worked closely with the casino staff in preparation for the roll-out and have achieved a smooth installation, training and hand-over of the PromoNet® system," commented Anette Jauch, Sales & Marketing Manager EMEA for FutureLogic. "The next PromoNet® install has already been scheduled at a casino group in Eastern Europe with more sites lined up in Europe and around the world."

“What makes the PromoNet solution unique is its ability to reward anonymous and new players based on their play performance,” explained John Edmunds, VP Global Product Management & International Markets. “PromoNet not only identifies new high value players unknown to the casino, but also monitors and rewards their play behavior and incentivizes them to join the Players Club by printing a "join-up" offer related to their spend, directly into their hands.”

About FutureLogic, Inc.
Founded in 1983, FutureLogic is the leading developer of innovative ticket printing and couponing solutions to gaming technology providers and operators around the world. As the premier supplier of super-robust thermal ticket printers to the global gaming industry, FutureLogic has shipped more than 1.5 million printers for casino gaming, video lottery, AWP, LPM, SWP and kiosk applications worldwide. Headquartered in Glendale, CA and with offices across North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia, FutureLogic's sales and engineering teams are ready to provide direct support and local knowledge for manufacturers and operators around the world. For more information or to contact us, please visit futurelogic-inc.com.

About The Casino at The Empire
Enjoy the ultimate Vegas experience in the heart of London, 24 hours a day. With more than 55,000 square feet of entertainment space ranged across two dramatic floors, you will find everything you need for a great night out all under one roof. As well as being the busiest casino in the UK, The Casino at The Empire is home to a range of fabulous bars and two excellent restaurants, each worth a visit in its own right. This high-energy complex is always buzzing with live entertainment and exciting promotions as well as the best poker action in town (we were once home to the World Series of Poker Europe), all the table games you would expect and fantastic slots.

The Casino at The Empire: one destination, countless possibilities.

 

SPIELO INTERNATIONAL™ TO SHOWCASE POWERFUL GALAXIS™ CASINO SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS AT G2E

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 02:08 PM PDT

(LAS VEGAS, Nevada) – SPIELO International™'s Casino Systems Division will be presenting its wide range of powerful GALAXIS™ casino systems management solutions at G2E Las Vegas with a special focus on modules designed to help casino operators attract, bonus, and reward their players.

A wide choice of bonusing tools is available including numerous mystery jackpot templates with Star BONUS FEVER™ to bonus and reward players, and to target specific player groups when the conditions on the floor warrant it. Two of the newest tools, OnTarget FEVER™ and TimeBomb FEVER™, permit operators to optimize their promotions by allowing laser-like targeting of player segments with features of GALAXIS Star MARKETING™.

The Star MARKETING Loyalty Club Management, Player Tracking and Player Management modules promote loyalty programmes and allow casinos to recognize and reward their most valued customers, providing operators with the tools to achieve maximum participation, and incentivize longer stays, repeat visits, and increased play.

Targeted rewards, player communications, as well as services can be delivered directly to the player through the CRYSTAL.net™ platform touchscreen player interface on the slot machine, which has more powerful and attractive graphical multimedia capabilities. A suite of Player Services apps on the CRYSTAL.net interface allows the operator to increase the time of play.

Attract players to the casino with myPromo™, the latest tool from SPIELO International to bring players to your land-based gaming venue. myPromo allows operators to design targeted promotions that can be sent by SMS or email for redemption to boost play during specified times.  Credit vouchers, qpon cash™ tickets, raffle tickets or gift vouchers can be delivered to targeted player segments to support events that are part of the casino's marketing strategy. This powerful tool appeals to a new generation of smartphone users.

SPIELO International is also presenting its full suite of cashless solutions at G2E including cash wallet™ (magnetic stripe card), qpon cash (ticketing) and chip cash™ (smartcard). As one of the few gaming suppliers with a full cashless suite of solutions, it offers real choice to gaming operators, and it can provide considerable cost savings with cash wallet at a tenth of the cost of a smartcard.

Through their partnership with BIS², an innovative leader in advanced analytical software, SPIELO International's Casino Systems will be featuring gameViz data visualization software for the casino industry. Integrated into the GALAXIS datastore and product portfolio, gameViz provides a new way to visualize advanced business intelligence that helps operators to understand slot machine performance and customer preferences at a whole new level.

SYSTEM2Go™ is a complete lower cost slot floor management solution alternative from SPIELO International that is ideally suited to multi-site club markets and smaller casinos. It performs a range of essential functions, from core accounting and data reporting critical to decision-making, to jackpot management and control, with additional player tracking, ticket-in/ticket-out and card cashless functionalities. Because it's web-based, management can remotely access real-time information from a single property, even a single machine, or an entire multi-site estate.

But that's only the beginning of SPIELO International's exciting events and systems solutions at G2E 2012. Visit Booth 1265 to see much more, and find out how SPIELO International speaks systems as well as entertainment.

About SPIELO International 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. GTECH G2 is the leading provider of iGaming and sports betting products and services to regulated gaming markets, and is also the top supplier to the world's lottery industry, operating more poker networks in regulated gaming markets than any other provider.

 

Novomatic acquires Cirsa’s casino slot machines manufacturing & distribution activities

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 04:26 AM PDT

September 26, 2012 – Novomatic and Cirsa announced today that Novomatic has acquired from Unidesa, Cirsa's manufacturing subsidiary, the casino slot machine manufacturing and distribution activities including: intellectual property rights, designs, patents, trademarks and inventory relating to the design, manufacture, sale and service.

Enric Barba, General Manager of Unidesa, commented:  "This transaction is an important part of our B2B Division's strategy to focus on the Spanish AWP market (bars, arcades and bingo halls) and gaming interconnectivity systems." The proceeds from the transaction were not material to Cirsa.

Jens Halle, Managing Director of the Novomatic Group's wholly-owned subsidiary, Austrian Gaming Industries GmbH (AGI), commented about their latest acquisition: "We are proud to officially announce a further large scale acquisition during 2012. This agreement to acquire one of the leading international casino manufacturers and distributors further augments our product and service offering. Novomatic is committed to preserving the existing jobs in the business unit and welcomes its personnel as new members of the Novomatic family."

Austrian Gaming Industries GmbH (AGI) a 100 percent subsidiary of NOVOMATIC AG (www.novomatic.com) is an integrated global gaming company specializing in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and sales of electronic gaming machines and advanced technology products. As Europe’s leading manufacturer AGI delivers one of the broadest product ranges in the industry.


The NOVOMATIC Group is one of the biggest producers and operators of gaming technologies and one of the largest integrated gaming companies in the world. The group employs more than 19.000 staff worldwide (2,850 in Austria). Founded by entrepreneur Prof. Johann F. Graf, the group has locations in 32 countries and exports high-tech electronic gaming equipment to more than 70 countries. The group operates more than 200,000 gaming machines in its about 1,200 plus traditional and electronic casinos as well as via rental concepts. Part of the group is also Admiral Sportwetten GmbH, Austria’s leading sports betting operator with more than 200 outlets as well as the Vienna based online gaming specialist Greentube Internet Entertainment Solutions GmbH.

 

MICROGAMING ANNOUNCES NEW GAMES FOR OCTOBER 2012

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 02:30 AM PDT

 

ISLE OF MAN Microgaming  the world's largest provider of online gaming software, is today announcing a trio of new games for October.

The Twisted Circus is a unique five reel, 243 Ways to Win Video Slot which takes players right into the heart of the big top. Players will meet a cast of dark and delightful characters, including fire eaters, snake charmers, a Bearded Lady and a musical monkey, who are all lead by the brilliant and flamboyant Ringmaster.

The Ringmaster may be small, but he has a big influence on rewards in this absorbing slot. If players can match three of his special symbols then they will gain entry to his Circus Bonus Match, where they can win big prizes by matching another three symbols on a 16 space screen. The game is packed full of features; including two different wilds and three scatter tickets which trigger up to 13 free spins with triple multipliers.

All of these entertaining features make The Twisted Circus a game to look out for. The mesmerizing graphics will charm you and take you straight into the Ringmaster's unforgettable Twisted Circus World.The Twisted Circus will be available on Microgaming's Flash and Viper platforms.

Phantom Cash is a five reel, 25 line Video Slot that promises to raise the hairs on the back of your neck. With Halloween on the horizon this slot lets players chase ghosts 'n ghouls with the famous Victorian ghost hunter duo of Thurmingham and Carstairs.

Players will need to be prepared for plenty of action if they trigger the Ghost Zap feature, which will double their bets and give them the opportunity to win big. Even better, when both hunters appear they can reel in the ghosts together to quadruple their bets and bring on even more free spins.

Players will marvel at the exceptional animation and sound effects as they explore a whole new haunted world in the search for rewards. Phantom Cash will be available on Microgaming's Flash and Viper platforms.

The Joy of Six is the latest major five reel, 30 payline addition to the Microgaming Video Slot portfolio. This themed slot lets players compete with one another in a vibrant and colourful casino environment. Players will get to experience the excitement and thrills of craps, the popular dice game, all to a backdrop of atmospheric cheers and sound effects.

The Video Slot's main attraction is its free games bonus feature, which allows players to roll the wild dice to multiply their wins. At the end of the free games feature or any base game reel win, the player is given the option to try and double or quadruple their winnings via the gamble feature.

Players will become immersed as they compete for the chance to win substantial rewards and learn about The Joy of Six. The Joy of Six will be available on Microgaming's Flash platform.

www.microgaming.co.uk

Net Entertainment releases Evolution video slot

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 01:35 AM PDT

September 26, 2012 – Net Entertainment, the world’s leading provider of high-quality casino games, announces the release of its latest video slot, Evolution™.

Evolution™ is a 5-reel, 3 row and 25 fixed bet lines video slot with Wild substitutions and the innovative Evolution feature in Free Spins mode. The slot offers players an exciting gaming experience by having the reels spin from bottom to top rather than the traditional top to bottom, giving the feeling of the progressive evolution of life from the bottom of the ocean towards land.

The new Evolution feature in Free Spins allows players to evolve up the evolutionary ladder in the game, at the same time increasing wins with every winning symbol. With sophisticated graphics and sound, players experience the evolutionary progress from underwater in the main game to the forest in Free Spins mode.

"Evolution becomes the latest innovative video slot game to be added to our portfolio and the sophisticated pay table design adds excitement on the reels." comments Per Eriksson, President and CEO of Net Entertainment. "This latest addition continues to see us drive the online casino market through better games and provide the ultimate gaming experience for the players."

Evolution™ game play and graphics are as exciting as one would expect from Net Entertainment's long line of high quality video slots. With these exciting new features, Net Entertainment is once again proven to be the industry leader keeping innovation as a tradition.

About Net Entertainment Net Entertainment is a world-leading supplier of digitally distributed gaming systems used by some of the world's most successful online gaming operators. The Net Entertainment Casino™ is a complete gaming system comprising a full suite of high quality games and a powerful management platform. The games create the ultimate gaming experience for the player while the management platform enables Net Entertainment's customers, the operators, to optimize their business and profitability. Operators are provided a customized system solution that is easily integrated ensuring short time to market and a cost efficient operation. Net Entertainment is listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm (NET-B).More information about Net Entertainment is available at http://www.netent.com/.