Wednesday, October 10, 2012

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NOVOMATIC GROUP SHOWS BIG AT SAGSE

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 02:10 PM PDT

With a big staging and an exceptionally strong team the Novomatic Group of Companies will present its latest products for the South and Central American markets on booth number 210 in Buenos Aires.

Representatives of the Group's numerous local subsidiaries from all over the continent will join the AGI team at South America's major gaming trade show event from November 13-15, 2012.

At SAGSE customers and visitors will be welcomed by sales representatives from all the Latin American Novomatic Group companies, from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru as well as by the international AGI sales team. The Novomatic show booth will present the latest and most popular cabinets, games and jackpot systems developed and produced by Austrian Gaming Industries GmbH (AGI) as well as Octavian games and systems. AGI's exciting NOVOSTAR® SL2 slant top, the Super-V+ Gaminator® and the Novo Super-Vision™ are already well known and popular stars of South American gaming floors and will again feature strongly at this year's SAGSE show in Buenos Aires. Furthermore, the new Super-V+Gaminator® III cabinet will be on display in a marvelous jackpot installation featuring the brand new Magic Joker Jackpot™. This jackpot innovation is a thrilling card-animated multi-level progressive mystery jackpot that will certainly thrill operators and their guests alike.Also the server based ready NOVOLINE™ INTERACTIVE games and systems will be presented in Buenos Aires.

The games range covers a great variety of thrilling themes, with 5-50 lines and innovative mathematical concepts for gaming excitement in every casino – at the same time providing future proof flexibility for the operator: The system is server-based ready,and as such the ideal basis for a later connection to a server based gaming environment.

At SAGSE NOVOLINE™ INTERACTIVE will be displayed with a broad array of new games suchas Bugs Buck$™, Disco Party™ or Sean Hunters™ as well as with a new game concept including an innovative skill feature: Sizzling Cut™.A further highlight on show in Buenos Aires will be the amazing Pinball Roulette™. This single player Roulette game is activated by the player using a traditional pinball launching device to deploy the ball onto the Roulette wheel. The guest has the perception that, by varying the speed with which he launches the ball, he can help determine the outcome of the game.

Yet the Pinball Roulette™ plays exactly to the defined rules of Roulette and is 100% random. Only the innovative launching mechanism conveys the perception that the guest is both player and croupier at the same time.

Octavian will be presenting the casino management system ACP (Accounting Control Progressives System). The ACP system can be ideally adapted to the requirements of both the operator and pertaining regulations. The system's 'add-on' functions include profit calculation, floor monitor, TITO, Cashless and Player Loyalty as well as many more and has proved an extremely attractive 'package solution' for discerning operators.

Austrian Gaming Industries GmbH (AGI) a 100-percent subsidiary of NOVOMATIC AG (www.novomatic.com) is anintegrated global gaming company specializing in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and sales ofelectronic gaming machines and advanced techn

That’s Edutainment! ECA Success in Paris

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 08:25 AM PDT

 

 

 

 

The inaugural ECA Slot Summit France proved to be a great success with over 130 delegates from as far as Finland, Spain and even New Caledonia – a mere 28 hours flight time away!

All had assembled to hear the latest industry trends over 3 days in convivial surroundings at the Lucien Barriere Casino & Conference Centre in Enghien-Les-Bains. The event wassupported by AGEM who sponsored a Dinner Cruise on the River Seine and they were joined by the leading slot manufacturers: Ainsworth Game Technology; Austrian Gaming Industries; Bally Technologies; Inspired Gaming; IGT; Gaming Support; SPIELO International; and WMS Gaming International. Each of them provided the latest examples of their machines and games which delegates were able to view and play during the event.

The ECA hosted a Dinner for all delegates on the first evening during which Ron Goudsmit, ECA Chairman, praised all ofthe organizers and sponsors for helping to make the Slot Summits educational and entertaining."A special THANK YOU to Lucien Barrière for the organization, Lucien Wijsman, founder of the Slot Academy,and, specifically, to Bruno Cagnon, the French ECA member, and his team for making this event such a success!" concluded Goudsmit.

As with previous ECA Slot Summits, sponsors and delegates were pleased to have the opportunity to discuss business on a one-to-one basis – something unmatched by any other event. "Something new every day" was the phrase heard most often as the conference highlighted trends, strategies and products that can maximize slot revenue – now and in the future.

It has been agreed to repeat the event here next year November 19-21, 2013 following the next ECA Slot Summit which will be at Casino Hohensyburg in Dortmund April 23-25,2013.

Early bird discounts are available via www.slotsummit.com

 

Cozy Games Appoints Lucy Owen as Commercial Account & Project Management Director

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 03:31 AM PDT

Tuesday 9th October 2012, London – One of the leading specialists in online, mobile and social gaming technology, Cozy Games Management Limited (Cozy Games) has today announced the appointment of Lucy Owen as its Commercial Account & Project Management Director.

Lucy Owen Commercial Account & Project Management Director

Lucy joins the Cozy Games team at a key time as the company pushes ahead in its quest to become a truly international game developer and amidst major developments with a number of tier one operators and platform providers.

With seven years account and project management experience in the online gaming industry, Lucy is experienced in generating both short and long term revenue growth, including delivering complex and high profile client projects. Lucy has also worked for a number of gaming companies and this includes Gala Coral, Virtue Fusion/Playtech and Forward Slash.

Speaking on behalf of www.Cozy Games.com, Chief Operating Officer Tim Green said "Cozy Games is no longer regarded solely as a bingo provider and 2012 has seen the company become the game content aggregator of choice, with mobile and social gaming becoming more prominent. We welcome Lucy on board as the newest member of the Cozy Games team at what is a very exciting time for the company as a whole."

 

Hippodrome Casino partners with online leaders pokerstars and microgaming

Posted: 09 Oct 2012 01:36 AM PDT

 

 

LONDON – October 9, 2012 – London’s new Hippodrome Casino has struck deals with two of the biggest names in online gaming, PokerStars and Microgaming. The deals will create an online presence for the Hippodrome and enhance the new casino's live poker room offering.

PokerStars, the worlds' largest online poker site, will refurbish and re-brand the poker deck at the Hippodrome Casino to create the UK's first PokerStars' poker room. In 2013, the Hippodrome will become home to a range of new PokerStars' sponsored  tournaments  and special events which the site will promote to its customer base of 50 million registered players. PokerStars has also taken a minority stakeholding in the Hippodrome Casino as part of the deal.

Microgaming will build www.hippodromecasino.com, which will be operated by Betway Group and introduce an unrivalled suite of games and mobile gaming applications. Online poker on the site will be provided by Pokerstars.

Simon Thomas, founder and chairman of the Hippodrome Casino, said: "We are delighted to welcome PokerStars and Microgaming into the Hippodrome Casino family. They bring unrivalled online profile and expertise that will allow us to harness the true potential of a bricks-and-mortar venue and its online presence."

Guy Templer, Group Strategy Director for PokerStars, said his company's expertise and success in both online and live poker makes partnering with Hippodrome a natural.  "The Hippodrome has dramatically raised the quality bar for the UK casino industry.

"Together we will give poker players the same great poker experience, live 24/7 in the heart of London that they get from PokerStars online. We are looking forward to unveiling some great new live events for the UK poker market in 2013."

Roger Raatgever, CEO, Microgaming, said: "Microgaming is proud to have been selected as the exclusive provider of online gaming software to the iconic London brand Hippodrome. The convergence of offline and online gaming is a trend that Microgaming has been at the forefront of for some time now and we are delighted to be able to provide a bespoke online casino to The Hippodrome, giving their players a first class cross-platform gaming experience."

Richard Akitt, CEO of The Betway Group, said: "We are delighted to be working with the iconic Hippodrome Casino to bring their customers a seamless online-offline gaming experience. Betway brings a market leading operational capability to the Hippodrome Online Casino in the form of loyalty marketing, VIP support, payment processing and customer retention programmes.”

The Hippodrome Casino launched on July 13 this year in Leicester Square.