Friday, December 14, 2012

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Internet Sweepstakes Café Operators Arrested After Sting Operation

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 12:17 PM PST

Sacramento Sheriff's Deputies and agents from the State Department of Justice Tuesday raided two internet sweepstakes cafés suspected of being used for illegal gambling.  In both locations, the business managers were arrested and charged with running illegal gambling operations.

"Any form of illegal gambling is a serious concern for Native American gaming facilities because it erodes our customer base and more importantly violates our compacts with California.  In some ways, internet sweepstakes cafés are some of the most insidious offenders because patrons assume they are legal ventures when in fact, they undermine California's basic principle of controlled gaming," said the Honorable Robert Smith, Chair of the Pala Band of Mission Indians and newly-elected Chairman of the California Tribal Business Alliance.

Smith Elected CTBA Chair Pala Chairman Robert Smith has been elected CTBA's Board of Directors Chair for 2013.  He is set to officially take office January 1.

The election was held during a CTBA Board meeting Tuesday evening.  The decision was unanimous, with members representing Lytton Rancheria of California and the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of California, as well as Pala, voting for Smith.

"CTBA continues to be a clear and unequivocal voice for Native Americans, advocating at all levels of government on issues that impact California's tribes," said Chairman Smith.  "CTBA's goals are very clear:  to safeguard and enhance tribal business enterprises, while advancing our status as sovereign nations through mutual respect and cooperation."

The Pala Band of Mission Indians is a federally recognized tribe whose reservation is located along the Palomar Mountain range approximately 30 miles northeast of San Diego. The majority of the over 900 tribal members live on the 12,000-acre reservation, established for Cupeño and Luiseño Indians, who consider themselves to be one proud people – Pala.

 

WORLD MATCH LAUNCHES 32 NEW HD SLOTS THAT WILL REVOLUTIONIZE THE MARKET THANKS TO THE HD GRAPHICS AND STATE OF THE ART FEATURES.

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 09:47 AM PST

World Match Ltd. is one of the best-known Gaming Service Provider in Europe for its original and innovative solutions on the online gaming market, standing out from its competitors.
Today World Match is pleased to introduce a bouquet of thirty-two new slot machines that have been graphically redesigned in high definition, to cater even more the tastes of the players and make the most of all the new technologies available.

"Throughout the last years we relentlessly increased our experience in international markets in order to meet the expectations and taste of all the different players and design new games to take full advantage of all the new technologies available", explains Andrea Boratto, Director of the Company.

With World Match's slot machines, the degree of customization reaches its highest level, since the licensee is allowed to modify the distinctive features of the game, making it truly unique.

“The licensee is free to change the number of bet levels (3 to 7) and the amount of each one of them. It's also possible to customize the most attractive feature of the game, the Jackpot, by changing its typology and amounts (initial amount and percentage of progressive accumulation)”, says Andrea Boratto.

World Match is also willing to offer the Slots exclusively to the Licensee who wishes to be the sole distributor of that product on a specific market.

There is still a lot more to be said about the World Match's new slots, such as that they have all been designed in native HD graphics, brilliant and full of details to make each pixel realistic and incredibly sharp.

Beside this, the resolution of up to 1280×720 pixels and 16:9 aspect ratio, will afford a thrilling, unforgettable experience every time players set the reels spinning!

The new Advanced Control Toolbar provides more information, faster performances and huge control because each function has been now linked to a specific key on the keyboard, easy to remember and quick to use.

“Our goal is to make the gaming experience even more fun and professional: the new graphics ensure greater immediacy of use and intuitive interaction on all compatible devices, such as computers, tablets and smart phones”, describes Andrea Boratto.

New games are integrated with the most successful Social Networks (Facebook, Google+, Twitter and LinkedIn), and this allows the user to share with friends the favourite moments of the game, by sharing pictures, links and comments, without leaving the game.

The new World Match's Slot are: Aquarium HD, Bikini Beach HD, Burlesque HD, Circus HD, Cowboys Go West HD, Diamond Croupier HD, Disco Slot 80 HD, Fruits Dimension HD, Gentleman Thief HD, Ghosts' Night HD, Glamour Hills HD, Hero's War HD, Hollywood Film HD, Horror Castle HD , Into Woods HD , King Tut's Chamber HD , Love Lab HD, Magic Quest HD , Maximum HD , Monkeys vs. Sharks HD, NYC Real Estate HD, Olympus Classic Slot HD, Polar Adventure HD, Slot Contraption Game HD, Super Bikes HD, Super Cars Challenge HD, The Last Crusade HD , The Mad Hatter HD, Touch Down HD, Vitamina Slot HD, Xcalibur HD, Zen Blade HD.

Watch the new HD slots' demo at: www.wm.com.mt/Slot Machines HD Further info: SALES OFFICE

 

Aristocrat Installs The Powerful Oasis 360™ System Tools nCompass™, nRich™ and Ricochet Rewards™ at Jackson Rancheria Casino

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 09:21 AM PST

LAS VEGAS (December 13, 2012) – Aristocrat, the leading systems supplier in North America, has completed a major update to its Oasis 360™ system at Jackson Rancheria Casino in Jackson, Calif. Aristocrat has converted all of the property's 1,600 games to the advanced nCompass™ LCD, and added the rewarding bonusing engine nRich™.

nCompass™ technology is a single solution that delivers video or animated content, provides state-of-the-art touch screen interactivity, displays player points earned, and gives operators and/or their vendor(s) the power to develop custom content.

Aristocrat's innovative and award-winning nRich™ is a new form of bonusing engine that focuses on dynamically rewarding individual players, either as individuals or as a group.

nRich™ recently topped Casino Enterprise Management Magazine's 3rd annual Hospitality Operations Technology (HOT) Awards List for Guest Experience Enhancement, and field studies have shown nRich™'s value to operators.

Aristocrat's Vice President of System Sales and Marketing Kelly Shaw said, "Jackson Rancheria Casino has been a valued Aristocrat partner since 2002, and we are very excited to present them with the power of nCompass™ and nRich™. With these advanced tools, Jackson Rancheria will be able to communicate with and reward their players in a dynamic way, helping to give the property a unique competitive advantage."

Jackson Rancheria Casino Director of IT Damien Dinh said, "The extensive Oasis 360™ update conversion has been seamless, and the Aristocrat team has been right by our side throughout the entire process. We are excited to have the technology in place, and we could not have asked for a better partner than Aristocrat."

Aristocrat's sophisticated and technologically advanced Oasis 360™ casino management system, rated the best player tracking system in the 2012 Goldman Sachs Slot Manager Survey, is the most widely used in North America, currently monitoring devices at more than 285 casinos.

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.

 

SUZO-HAPP TWO BUSINESS PILLARS STAND STRONG AT ICE

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 08:38 AM PST

The forthcoming ICE – that will take place between 5th and 7th February at the ExCel Centre in London – will have a clear message from the industry's largest and most successful supplier of spare parts and components: Suzo-Happ.

Harald Wagemaker Sales Director EMEA for Suzo-Happ

Suzo-Happ has two clearly defined business fields – and leads the market in both.

1. Global Distributor for Industry Household Names

Suzo-Happ is the one-stop shop in the industry – for both manufacturers and operators. Suzo-Happ offers an unparalleled product range for the gaming, amusement and industrial industries. The diversity of these industries is reflected in the product size at Suzo-Happ – namely over 50,000 components.

The global strength of the Suzo-Happ Group with twelve strategic locations and a team of almost five hundred professionals ensures that manufacturers and operators have close contacts with their local Suzo-Happ representative. Suzo-Happ places focus on offering the industry true innovation at short lead times and favourable prices. Therefore, household names in the industry rely on Suzo-Happ as their distributor – often European or even global distributor and service partner. Such companies include ELO (touch screens), MEI (banknote readers / recyclers and coin vaildators), FutureLogic (ticket printers), Assa (locks) and Innovative Technology (bank note readers / recyclers).

Suzo-Happ will be presenting the key products and new innovations of these key partners on the Suzo-Happ stand S9-130.

2. Innovator and Manufacturer for the Industry

The strong sales and service teams at Suzo-Happ offer another advantage for the industry manufacturers: Suzo-Happ lives and breathes the gaming an amusement industry and possesses key knowledge in how to create new technologies. With R&D teams available to support manufacturers directly – Suzo-Happ offers a unique service: to create the technologies for customers. The manufacturing plant Chinatec in Zihou in China belongs to the Suzo-Happ Group. The group's products are manufactured here. A state-of-the-art building was erected in 2001 that covers an area of over 15,000 square metres and is situated close to Hong Kong and Macau. The Chinatec manufacturing plant is key to the success of the Suzo-Happ Group. The company has an excellent reputation for quality.

Mr. Harald Wagemaker, Sales Director EMEA at Suzo-Happ, explains another benefit around this, "Our focus is creating partnerships. We know such partnerships benefit the household names in the industry. We asked ourselves how we can increase our service more with manufacturers. The gaming industry is very dynamic as we see year-on-year at the ICE. We see ourselves as the bridge between the present and the future. We can design and manufacture new products for our customers. And the further benefit is: As we are a distributor, we can manage the product flow to our customers. That means they do not need to purchase the complete produced units at one time. We can supply these just-in-time and invoice accordingly".

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This innovation prowess will be on display at the ICE. Suzo-Happ is constantly increasingly its own product range. For example, Suzo-Happ is rightly seen as the expert for toppers and hoppers. Toppers – the attractive design placed on gaming machines – have grown to a key element in the industry. They not only attract and entertain players, they can be used as a marketing tool as well. Thus, toppers are almost completely standard for gaming machines. Suzo-Happ has an unrivalled selection of toppers. The Celebration Topper creates a new level of excitement on the gaming floor.  It interfaces into the 'SAS Jackpot' line of the slot machine and when the selected level of a jackpot is achieved the topper triggers a 'Celebration Event'.  The celebration event includes customisable video messages on the 15.6" LCD display, light pipe LED's rise out of the top of topper, flashing LED's on sides of LCD, confetti launcher throws out a burst of confetti from the topper and loud audio alarm celebration sounds.  The goal of this 'Celebration' is to create a new level of excitement on the gaming floor for players and therefore stimulate more game play.  The Celebration Topper will be sold in multiple configurations including a unit that uses a backlight graphic panel instead of the 15.6" LCD.

The Celebration Topper is joined by the Reel Topper, Round Video Topper, Round Disc Topper, Tower Light Topper, Ellipse Topper, Ellipse Compact Topper, Shield Topper, Ringo Compact Topper, Mini Ellipse Topper, Xenon LED Topper, Ellipse TFTopper, Upright Topper, RGB Pill Topper, RGB Polygon Topper and the RGB Topper Box.

The Toppers can all be synchonised together – ideal when linking a bank of gaming machines. Cascading and other ways of linking the toppers can be programmed – Suzo Happ delivers the entire solution.

Hoppers pay out the coins out of the gaming machine. Gaming machines come in different shapes and sizes and manufacturers require utmost flexibility in paying out coins. Large capacity casino-type hoppers – such as the Excel Hopper –are ideal for casinos that continue to rely on coin payout. The Escendo Hopper enables player-friendly coin payout in slant top gaming machines. Coin payout remains a must for AWP markets and here Suzo-Happ provides the right choice for the right market segment. Whether the Evolution Hopper, Cube Hopper or Flow Hopper – Suzo-Happ has the right solution.

The forthcoming changes to the Italian comma 6a regulations have already been embedded in the Flow Hopper. The new AES protocol is integrated and this will be on proud display. Further AES solutions from partner companies – Comestero for the coin validator and Innovative Technology for the banknote reader – rounds off the complete money handling solutions for the Italian AWP market form Suzo-Happ. The electro-mechanical T-Lock is the ideal solution for the new challenges in Italy. The AES T-Lock is made 100% of metal so is strong, durable and will stand the test of time. Furthermore, the compact latch envelope and cross-section fits into thin-profile doors, minimising protrusion within the enclosure. The lock has a compact solid metal body with smooth tapered sides. The Suzo-Happ team looks forward to explaining just how this matches the new regulations.

Naturally Suzo-Happ will be displaying a whole selection of its product range at the forthcoming ICE. Change machines, reel mechanisms, the Flip Card Unit, RGB Handles, buttons, lighting systems, custom-made LCD panels – all these are further examples of the what will be on display on the Suzo-Happ stand.

The entire Suzo-Happ team looks forward to greeting visitors to their stand at the ICE, inviting you to get to see the 'two sides of Suzo-Happ' – in other words the two business pillars of Suzo-Happ.

 

MICROGAMING ANNOUNCES NEW HTML5 MOBILE GAMES FOR DECEMBER 2012

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 08:11 AM PST

ISLE OF MAN – Microgaming (www.microgaming.co.uk), the world's largest provider of online gaming software, announces a trio of new HTML5 mobile games for December.  Microgaming Go now offers an impressive 19 HTML5 games on the mobile platform.

Burning Desire, originally launched in February 2009 on both the Flash and Viper casino platforms, introduced a new concept in slot-playing. Burning Desire is a no pay-line online slot, so instead of being constrained by the number of pay-lines, players can generate 243 opportunities to win! This innovative 5 reel slot introduces the concept that more bets generate bigger winning opportunities.

The video slot boasts captivating sound effects and beautiful graphics as users seek out wilds, scatters, multipliers and free spins.

 

Adventure Palace is a 5 reel, 9 pay-line and 45 coin slot game. Microgaming has integrated its captivating, fast-paced, adventure themed slot to the mobile platform, delivering ultra-sharp graphics and creating the ultimate smooth gaming experience.  On mobile or tablet devices, players can explore vast jungles and hunt their way through ancient temples, colourful caves, river rapids and tropical lagoons as they search high and low for their hidden prizes. If they find the elephant, tiger and ape symbols, they will reap big rewards!

 

Deck the Halls is the perfect addition to the mobile game portfolio giving players the chance to spread some extra Christmas cheer by winning big.  This 30 line slot is enriched by Microgaming's wonderful graphics and stunning sound effects, all of which are seamlessly integrated on the mobile platform. Players will be given a sleigh-load of opportunities to win the top prizes, with an array of scatters, multipliers, free spins, free games and bonuses.

 

Microgaming's mobile offering has undergone a number of major developments in 2012; including the launch of Microgaming Go, a dedicated brand for mobile and the expansion of its HTML5 and Mobile Air products. The launch of three additional HTML5 games to the ever growing Microgaming product portfolio, cements Microgaming as the market-leader in the mobile gaming market.

 

#igt IGT extends mobile footprint with expansion to Paddy Power partnership

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 06:13 AM PST

 

 

LONDON  December 13  2012  International Game Technology NYSE: IGT the global leader in driving technology innovations in the gaming industry, today announced it has agreed to a deal to provide mobile games to Paddy Power in a significant extension to the companies' existing partnership.

Paddy Power, the international betting and gaming group, will become IGT's first OpenBet customer to access a wide range of the most successful IGT mobile products via the IGT rgs® (remote gaming server) Casino.

The games will be available at paddypower.com as well as through the mobile site of Paddy Power's recently launched new brand 'Roller'.

The top performing IGT titles in the initial launch include Da Vinci DiamondsTM, CleopatraTM, CatsTM, Wolf RunTM, Kitty GlitterTM and Elvis® A Little More Action.

"Thanks to the consistently strong performance of our games, IGT's relationship with Paddy Power has thrived over a number of years," said Leigh Nissim, IGT commercial director of Interactive, EMEA. "It gives us great pleasure to extend the partnership and we look forward to enjoying further success in the future."

"Paddy Power offers customers a world class entertainment experience delivering the best online and mobile games available today" said Isaac Ward, Paddy Power Head of Gaming. "We have built a strong partnership with IGT over many years and it is great to be able to extend this further with the introduction of their new mobile games platform".

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