Wednesday, November 28, 2012

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ARISTOCRAT ENTERS SOCIAL GAMING

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 01:46 PM PST

 

 

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd announced an agreement today to acquire Product Madness, Inc., a leader in the fast growing online social casino market. Product Madness is amongst the top five operators in the social casino slot genre on Facebook, with more than 500,000 daily active users and 3.5 million monthly active users.

Jamie Odell Aristocrat CEO & Managing Director

Product Madness has been focused on Facebook applications since its inception in 2007, and has grown to become a leader today in the online social casino space. Product Madness is the publisher of numerous successful Facebook games, and has offices in San Francisco and London with more than 20 employees.

The acquisition will strengthen Aristocrat's online gaming presence by bringing the company a top tier social casino operator and a best of breed social gaming platform.

CEO and Managing Director, Jamie Odell, said Aristocrat will be able to offer its casino customers new and innovative forms of content through a robust social gaming platform, while also gaining a strategic foothold in the social casino market.

"The Product Madness platform will allow our customers to meaningfully enhance that player experience.

"Together with our recently announced acquisition of an internet gaming system and remote game server, Aristocrat is making strategic and measured investments that position us for a future in which online channels will be key to our growth," Mr. Odell added.

Aristocrat has acquired the entire Product Madness business, including management and staff. Product Madness co-founders, Lior Shiff and Jose Brotons, will continue to lead the business, and are excited to bring their robust platform technology together with Aristocrat's award winning game content in order to drive combined growth in the social gaming segment.

"Joining the Aristocrat team is a significant milestone for us. The combination of Aristocrat's game library with our powerful social technologies and know-how will allow us to create an exciting player experience with extensive reach, pushing our collective presence and traction in the online social gaming market to a whole new level," the co-founders said.

Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ASX: ALL) is a leading global provider of gaming solutions. The Company is licensed by more than 200 regulators and its products and services are available in over 90 countries around the world. Aristocrat offers a diverse range of products and services including electronic gaming machines, interactive video terminal systems and casino management systems. For further information visit the company's website at www.aristocratgaming.com.

IMPRESSIVE INTERBLOCK APPEARANCE AT ITS FIRST ‘SAGSE 2012 ARGENTINA SHOW’!

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 09:09 AM PST

 

Interblock the leading global provider in multi-player games participated in the South American Gaming Suppliers Expo & Congress 2012 (SAGSE), which was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on November 13-15, 2012. SAGSE show had plenty of visitors and attendees representing various Latin American casinos in South America.


The 13th of November marked the unveiling greatness of Interblock’s most advance multi-player platform available on the market – Organic(tm) product range in modern design:

*         G4 Organic Twins(tm) 12 in Football Shape with PID (with Roulette centers)

*         G4 Organic Virtual(tm) 07 (with Blackjack game)

Mr. Miha Miklavčič, Sales Director for Europe at Interblock commented: “Interblock’s G4 Organic products are top performing products in the market at the moment and consequently we work with top performing operators. At the moment there are many South American operators interested in our G4 Organic products and SAGSE show was a great opportunity to strengthen our presence it this part of the world.”

Mr. Tom O’Brien, V.P. of Sales at Interblock, commented the show: “For Interblock’s first year at the 2012 SAGSE show I would have to say it was a success for us. The show provided us with great response and a huge amount of possibilities. We think South America is going to be a fantastic market. We are going all over the place and pretty quickly too. I would like to thank everyone involved.”

Thank you for visiting Interblock booth at ‘SAGSE 2012′ Argentina show and special thanks for all support from company’s clients and enthusiastic visitors and special thanks to Interblock distributor for South America market, company Koala Gaming!

 

THE SEARCH IS OVER – WINNERS OF RANK GONGMAN COMPETITION UNVEILED

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 09:03 AM PST

 

 

 

Chris Rowley (25) from Stoke and Kate Holderness (28) originally from Preston but now living in London, are the national winners of the search for the new Gongman or Gongwoman.

Ian Burke, head of the Rank Group

The search – part of the 75thbirthday celebrations at The Rank Group – was launched back in August and attracted nearly 1,000 entries.

Chris Rowley

The winner of the Classic category, Chris, a semi-professional rugby player, entered through a "gonging" themed night at his local Grosvenor Casino.  He was filmed recreating the original Gongman pose which was then uploaded to the competition site.

Commenting on his win, Chris said, "I was surprised to be in the top 75 let alone win the classic category. I genuinely thought someone was winding me up when they told me I'd won as I only entered for a bit of fun!  I'm really chuffed and look forward to helping launch the Rank Gongman social media brand and launching Grosvenor G Casino Reading."

Kate Holderness

Kate submitted a video of herself taking part in "extreme gonging" to the freestyle category.  She produced a spoof mini documentary of her 'gonging' the London Eye and Big Ben's clock face at night.

Talking about her win, Kate said, "I had such a lot of fun making the film and am very excited, and surprised, to have won.  I really look forward to doing extreme gonging in Vegas!"

Ian Burke from The Rank Group said, "Kate and Chris are both very deserving winners.  Kate's entry really stood out for its imaginative take on gonging and her deadpan delivery made it almost believable!  Who knows, maybe we will see a new concept – extreme gonging – taking off after this.

"Chris personifies the modern day Gongman in that he keeps himself fit, is active in sport – he plays semi-professionally for Stoke Rugby Club – but also has a day job.  He carries on the tradition of some of the previous gongmen, who had links to professional sport. "

Both Kate and Chris have each won a holiday for two people to Las Vegas with $1,000 spending money.

 

Aristocrat’s Award-winning Tarzan & Jane Forbidden Temple™ Top Progressive Jackpot Hits for First Time

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 08:57 AM PST

 

LAS VEGAS (November 26, 2012)  Aristocrat's new Tarzan & Jane Forbidden Temple™ slot has players stampeding elephant-style to their favorite casino to play the game, and now a lucky player has hit the game's first top progressive jackpot. The player won $145,907.06 playing Tarzan & Jane Forbidden Temple™ at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, Calif.

The jackpot was the first hit on the game's multi-site progressive link and the first on the Tarzan & Jane Forbidden Temple™ product.

It's appropriate that the jackpot hit first at Thunder Valley Casino Resort. The original Tarzan® Lord of the Jungle™ slot game made its world premiere at Thunder Valley Casino Resort, and the casino was one of the first to install the new Tarzan & Jane Forbidden Temple™.

Thunder Valley Casino Resort Vice President of Slot Operations Jay Duarte said, "We are thrilled to be the first casino to have a top jackpot winner on the Tarzan & Jane Forbidden Temple™ game. We have had a very successful history with the Tarzan brand. Our players love these games!"

The Tarzan brand is one of Aristocrat's most successful franchises in the company's 60-year history. The Tarzan brand has more than 1,400 games installed across North America, including Tarzan® Lord of the Jungle™, Tarzan Adventures Return™ and Tarzan & Jane Forbidden Temple™.

Aristocrat's new Tarzan & Jane Forbidden Temple™ was recently named the Best Slot Product list in Global Gaming Business magazine's 11th Annual Gaming & Technology Awards.

Tarzan & Jane Forbidden Temple™ slot is a completely new game and new story line. Larger-than-life in Aristocrat's award-winning VERVEhd™ cabinet, Tarzan & Jane Forbidden Temple™ has an incredible Wild Play feature and eight high-hit frequency bonus features with two wheel features.

Tarzan & Jane Forbidden Temple™ is a four-level, multi-site progressive with a start-up $100,000 top award. This Dual Reel Power™ game gives players two sets of Reel Power reels, one named for each character.

About Aristocrat Technologies Inc. Aristocrat Technologies Inc. is a subsidiary of Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ASX: ALL), a leading global provider of gaming solutions. The Company is licensed by more than 200 regulators and its products and services are available in more than 90 countries around the world. Aristocrat offers a diverse range of products and services including electronic gaming machines and casino management systems. For further information visit the company's website at www.aristocratgaming.com.

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