Thursday, March 7, 2013

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CTBA Lauds AGA for Stance Against Bid by PokerStars to Play in U.S.

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 03:15 PM PST

SAN FRANCISCO – In an unprecedented intervention in a state licensing case, the trade group for the U.S. casino industry has asked New Jersey regulators to bar a well-known online gambling company based in the British Isles from returning to the U.S. market.

In a brief filed Monday with New Jersey’s Casino Control Commission, the American Gaming Association says the panel should reject a petition by PokerStars, a closely held Isle of Man operator of online gambling web sites, for interim authorization to buy a small, real-world casino in Atlantic City.

The California Tribal Business Alliance (CTBA), which has been outspoken about their concerns with regard to ensuring the hastily developed laws maintain the integrity of the industry, applauds the action taken by AGA, noting that their brief works to ensure gaming continues to build on the California tribal business foundation of integrity, fairness and success.

"With the gaming industry on the verge a major change, it is imperative that strong regulations are needed to ensure the integrity of iGaming," said CTBA Chairman Robert Smith. "Licensees who have played by the enacted laws and rules of the United States, and maintained their integrity in the face of growing competition, should have a seat at the table."

"California Tribal Governments believe lowering the standards will bring about issues of reciprocity and interstate gaming.  If other states are content  to weaken their standards in a desperate attempt to cobble together gaming laws that swing the doors of the industry open to whomever wants to walk in, then we need a barrier between what other States are trying to do and what California Tribal Governments are succeeding at.  At the end of the day, given what's at stake for tribal governments, we need to hold firm and do what we know is right," Chairman Smith added.

AGA's decision to file the brief follows a frantic legislative scramble at the end of February to develop bills in New Jersey and Nevada so that they could join Delaware in passing laws that allow for intrastate online gaming and the option to do interstate online gaming.  While Nevada is starting with iPoker, New Jersey and Delaware are preparing to offer unlimited online gaming.  The New Jersey law, signed by Governor Chris Christie last week, would allow PokerStars an opportunity to acquire an Atlantic City casino and have a foothold in the U.S. gaming market.

A portion of the above piece was taken from a Reuters article, published March 06, 2013, which ran on FoxBusiness.com.  Read more: http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/03/06/casino-trade-group-attacks-bid-by-pokerstars-to-play-in-us/#ixzz2MmmUgZj2

 

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ENADA SPRING – SECURE GAMING AND ASSURED BUSINESS

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 02:59 PM PST

Rimini,6  March 2013 – The gaming and amusement world once again has an appointment at Rimini Fiera for the trade's reference expo, ENADA SPRING. In fact, from 12th to 15th March 2013 there will be the 25th edition of the most important expo for southern European trade members. The decision taken last year to move the expo to the four weekdays, in the centre of the week, with the intent of facilitating trade visitors' attendance and encouraging business relations to the utmost, achieved its aim. This year it was therefore decided to repeat the format.

400 companies will take part in ENADA SPRING, occupying 40,000 m2 of the Rimini Expo Centre and showcasing technologies, products and services for the gaming trade.

The expo, organized by Rimini Fiera and SAPAR, will once again strongly stress its commitment to responsible legal gaming, which is also controlled and secure. Last year SAPAR (Italy’s national association of public recreation attraction equipment) launched the prevention campaign "In order that gaming remains a game" to safeguard minors and fight compulsive gaming. The campaign, by means of close collaboration between the owners/managers of the machines and venues, has the objective of widespread diffusion throughout the country, particularly in the public and commercial venues in which these machines are installed, of the culture of responsible gaming, in order to prevent any form of individual or social problems that could arise from the machines' incorrect use.

Particular attention is dedicated to minors, definitely the most exposed among the so-called "risk categories". Although law prohibits the use of gaming machines by under-18s, coherent aware participation in this prevention work is requested on behalf of trade members, in order that the campaign in question does not remain a simple "image operation", but has concrete contents and objectives.

 

 

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Quixant to showcase its portfolio of all-in-one gaming platforms at Rimini 2013

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 02:55 PM PST

Cambridge, 6th March 2013. Quixant the world leading designer and manufacturer of advanced gaming platforms for the casino and slot machine industry will be showcasing its range of all-in-one gaming platforms and monitors at Enada Rimini 2013 (Booth 01, Hall C5).  The 40th anniversary of Enada exhibition takes place at Rimini exhibition centre and runs from 12th to 15th March 2013.

Visitors to Quixant’s stand will have the opportunity to meet the team, including engineers from the Quixant Italia office, who would be delighted to showcase and discuss the product range, including the QXi-106, Quixant's all-in-one gaming platform specifically designed for compliance with Italian "Comma 6a" regulations.  Quixant is officially accredited by AAMS (Amministrazione Autonoma dei Monopoli di Stato) for the production of gaming platforms for the Italian market.

The QXi-106 utilises a high performance AMD 64-bit CPU combined with advanced ATI graphics together with dedicated hardware to provide compliance with Article 110, Comma 6a of T.U.L.P.S.  The QXi-106 is housed in a compact, secure enclosure, includes AAMS protocol support and is powered via a standard JAMMA connector and therefore requires no additional power supply.

The QXi-106 has already assed homologation through several Italian certification labs, providing customers with a competitive edge in taking their machines through the process.

Quixant is also actively contributing to the proposed Comma 6a+ regulations and as such will remain at the forefront of developing the technology required by the new regulatory regime.

During the four-day exhibition, we will also be demonstrating the latest addition to Quixant's range, the QXi-4000. Based on the ground-breaking AMD R-Series APU with integrated AMD RadeonTM 7000G graphics, this mid-range gaming platform can drive up to four independent HD monitors with support for daisy-chaining through support for DisplayPort 1.2 multi-stream transport (MST).

Quixant’s DisplayPort monitor range will also be demonstrated at the show. These monitors perfectly complement the gaming platform range and are designed specifically to suit gaming machine applications.

Gary Mullins, Sales Director of Quixant commented "The Italian gaming market continues to be key for us in Europe. With our contribution to the upcoming Comma 6a+ regulations, it is gearing up to be an exciting year for Quixant. The Enada Rimini show offers us the perfect opportunity to showcase our award winning all-in-one gaming platforms to the Italian market and also to meet with our customers and prospects and demonstrate the strength and depth of the team".

About Quixant Ltd: Designs and manufactures the world's most sophisticated computer platforms for slot machines.

  1. Is the only company who solely supply complete solutions – combining advanced hardware together with integrated operating software, gaming libraries and protocols.
  2. Supports its systems with powerful game development and debugging software tools, dramatically reducing development timescales for new games.

Quixant Contact UK: Gary Mullins +44 (0) 01223 892696 gary.mullins@quixant.com

Press release online: ttp://www.quixant.com/news/quixant-to-showcase -its -portfolio- of -all-in-one –gaming- platforms -at- rimini- 2013

For further information, please contact sales@quixant.com

 

 

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SPIELO INTERNATIONAL™ SHOWCASES NEW EPISODIC GAMING™ EGYPTIAN GOLDTM GAME AT FADJA 2013

Posted: 06 Mar 2013 02:48 PM PST

(Lima, PERU)  SPIELO International™ is showcasing thrilling new games and central systems solutions at their 75m2 stand #19 at the Feria Andina de Juegos de Azar 2013 (FADJA) in the CORFERIAS Conference Center in Bogotá, Colombia, on April 3 and 4, 2013. Sister company GTECH will also feature their products on the stand.

The new progressive EGYPTIAN GOLD™ five-level linked game, the first to use EPiSODiC GAMiNG™, will be the highlight of the stand. This game debuted in Latin American earlier this year, and is now featured in 17 casinos in Argentina, Peru, Chile, and Uruguay on 126 machines. On a journey through Egypt, the player unlocks features and additional bet options, making more action available. As the player progresses through the game during one session, he or she can save and reactivate their achieved status during the next play session. In the five-level Progressive Playoff, the player can win up to five progressive jackpot levels at the same time.

The games line-up also includes MEGA KONG™, the exhilarating progressive link sequel to the widely successful KING KONG CASH™. Kong is back and offers the action of two bonus rounds: the Mystery Kong Bonus and the Mega Kong Bonus. The spotlight is also on diversity™'s multigame suite, Enchanted Emerald, as well as two new diversity™ suites: diversity Best of Vol. 1 will feature the most successful titles from all nine diversity suites, while the new diversity Legendary Classics will feature titles with a low linecount. New game launches for the prodiGi Vu™ cabinet at FADJA include Secrets of Babylon™, Jump & Win™, and Desert Dancer™.

SYSTEM2go™, soon to be installed in the Colombian market, will also be demonstrated at FADJA. Developed for gaming venues of all types, SYSTEM2go is a complete, multi-site gaming system with fully automated accounting and reporting from any remote location with internet access. It includes a jackpots system, as well as optional ticket-in/ticket out (TITO), card cashless payment, and player tracking and point redemption. Sold as a package, it is quick to install and simple to use. SPIELO International will also show their GALAXIS™ solution, which has nine modules that manage operations across every area of the casino.

But that's only the beginning of SPIELO International's wide range of end-to-end solutions. Visit Stand #19 at FADJA to find out how SPIELO International speaks gaming.

 

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