Tuesday, August 20, 2013

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Wild Coast Winter Games in South Africa a winner for DRGT

Posted: 19 Aug 2013 05:38 AM PDT

 

 

The Wild Coast Winter Games that was hosted between 21st and 24th July by the renowned gaming and resort operator Sun International at its spectacular Wild Coast Sun Resort & Casino once again enabled DRGT to underline its unique benefits to the African gaming market. With DRGT’s system presence growing substantially throughout Africa, there was considerable interest in the demonstration installation displayed at the event and in the ease in which the system can be implemented in sites of just a handful of gaming devices through to much larger properties without the need for conventional complex IT server infrastructure.

Charl Geyser of Simplicit-e and Jurgen De Munck of DRGT at the Wild Coast Winter Games in South Africa

As state authorities throughout Africa seek the means to reliably and efficiently monitor gaming operations to ensure game integrity and revenue reporting, it was no surprise that the DRGT monitoring and accounting features were a key topic of conversations held with the visiting regulators.

The Wild Coast Winter Games is an increasingly important event that has become a highlight of the African gaming industry calendar. It is attended by representatives of most of the region’s gaming operators, manufacturers and regulators. Golf and fishing form part of the daytime menu in a programme that in the evenings brings together the continent’s industry decision-makers and opinion-shapers for informal discussions amongst the exhibition stands within the resort’s conference centre. With many attendees taking full advantage of the warm winter sun for some golf or fishing, the relaxing setting and casual format creates a unique but valuable professional networking opportunity.

Mr. Jurgen De Munck, CEO and co-founder of DRGT, was himself present at the show and commented, "The Wild Coast Winter Games is the perfect location for us to portray the complete systems solutions of DRGT. Systems are per se complex technology. We have taken this complex technology and made it extremely user-friendly. The more user-friendly it is, the more operators will and can make use of it. This is key as we offer a world of benefits. Our partner here Simplicit-e is doing an excellent job in enabling operators all round Africa to make use of the DRGT systems solutions".

 

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Everi™ interactive gaming payments and monetization solution launched by Global Cash Access, Inc.

Posted: 19 Aug 2013 05:31 AM PDT

 

 

Las Vegas, NV – August 19, 2013 Everi™, an innovative payments and monetization solution for interactive gaming, was launched today by Global Cash Access (GCA).  Everi will bridge the payments gap between land-based and interactive gaming, integrating seamlessly with GCA's extensive network of kiosks and land-based operations, while simultaneously reducing operators' PCI burden, increasing operator brand awareness, and giving operators more control over their interactive gaming solution.

Everi Product Suite includes:

  • Everi™ Payments, a straight-through payments system, consolidates numerous payment options, traditional and alternative, into one simple to integrate payment wall and reduces the PCI burden of operators.
  • Everi™ Digital Wallet, a funds management and payments solution, manages real money and social currencies while bridging disparate game and loyalty systems to provide operators withmore robust player data and unique marketing opportunities.
  • Everi™ Productivity Suite focuses on increasing revenue through player monetization and includes easily accessible detailed reporting, player and transaction analytics and fully customizableoffer engines.

"We are eager to expand our expertise in the traditional gaming payments space to the evolving interactive realm.  Everi will revolutionize the payments process by making interactive gaming payments an integral part of the player loyalty and monetization process for online and land-based gaming operators through its complete integration with GCA's kiosks and expansive land-based operations." said David Lopez, President and Chief Executive Officer of GCA.

Each product is a single integration with modular feature implementation allowing operators to select as few or as many of the customizable options that the Everi product offers.  Leveraging the sophisticated technology of Live Gamer's Elements platform, Everi navigates the ever changing regulatory and legal landscapes to ensure interactive gaming and lottery payments are always in compliance with jurisdictional gaming regulations as well as PCI and PII rules.

Global Cash Access, Inc. is a trusted partner with a dominant market share of the North American land-based cash-access market, licensed in over 150 gaming jurisdictions and the first payments company to have been awarded a Class 1 license by the Nevada Gaming Commission. GCA generates more than $20 billion in cash distributed to gaming patrons, and processes over 90 million transactions each year through its land-based operations. GCA recently announced its foray into the lottery market through an agreement with Scientific Games Corporation to provide US-based lottery clients with payment services and integrated digital wallet functionality.  More information is available at GCA's website at www.gcainc.com.

 

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AbZorba Games hits #1 spot for casino games in App Store with ‘Blackjack Live for Tango’

Posted: 19 Aug 2013 05:03 AM PDT

 

19 August 2013 (Athens, Greece) Mobile social casino games publisher AbZorba Games has seen its popular game, 'Blackjack Live for Tango', hit the number one spot for casino games in the US iTunes App Store.

AbZorba, a founder member of the Social Gaming Association (SGA), has seen the blackjack game claim the top spot just weeks after its release on the Tango platform, showing the strength of AbZorba's branded game distribution.

Andrew Hughes, CEO and Co-Founder of AbZorba

"Attaining a #1 spot for any app developer is a milestone that is important and highly coveted, with Tango powering our Blackjack we achieved it," Andrew Hughes, CEO and Co-Founder of AbZorba, said.

AbZorba offers its game suite and social experience to white label partners and with almost 2 million installs is in a unique position and prepared to share its mobile casino expertise with partners.

"By partnering with AbZorba, Tango's branded game reached the #1 Casino app within weeks. This highlights how effective our games are when a larger well known brand partners with world class multiplayer games from AbZorba Games," Hughes said.”We are thrilled to see the power of the Tango messaging and entertainment platform propel Blackjack Live for Tango to the top spot in the US iTunes free app store,” said Renato Iwersen, VP Strategic Partnerships, Tango. “Our 140 million members are responding extremely well to having fun and compelling content to play with their friends and family.”

'Blackjack Live for Tango' is the first mobile social casino game to be released under the strategic mobile entertainment partnership which AbZorba signed with messaging and entertainment platform Tango.

"We are extremely excited about the partnership with Tango as they are championing the gaming distribution 2.0 concept where their messaging network is greatly enhanced by gaming content – it's a win-win-win for us, Tango and our gamers," Hughes added.

'Blackjack Live for Tango' is available in the iTunes App Store and Google Play Store.

About AbZorba Games A leading global publisher of mobile social casino games, AbZorba Games™ has established itself as one of the top innovators in its field of mobile casino games for entertainment since 2010.  AbZorba also independently operates Live Mobile Hub of Fun™ producing Live Blackjack21™, Live Roulette™, Live Poker™ and Hot2Slot™ on Android and iOS.

Founded in Athens, Greece in 2010 and is also established as a US Delaware LLC in 2011.

The founder and CEO, Andrew Hughes, is a British entrepreneur who is also a co-founder of the newly formed Social Gaming Association (SGA) and is a strong advocate of responsible gaming codes of practice towards AbZorba's gamers.

For more information on AbZorba Games visit AbZorba Games.

About Tango Tango, an all-in-one messaging and entertainment platform with more than 140 million users, enables people to connect with friends and family in a way that is easy, spontaneous and fun. Tango allows users to send free text messages, play games, and make free phone and video calls. Tango works on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, hundreds of Android phones and Windows Phone 7, as well as, tablets and PCs and provides high quality experience over 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi. Founded in September 2009, Tango is based in Mountain View, California. For more information, visit www.tango.me.

 

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