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I-TABLE
i-Table sets a
new standard
How would gaming floors respond to the i-Table, asks Shuffle Master;
very, very well, is the answer…
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ince its debut at G2E in 2008, But players took to the table from the get-
Shuffle Master’s i-Table has been go. Save for a few grumbles about not
the topic of much discussion and betting with chips, it hasn’t been an issue
speculation. Would players be at all.
willing to play a table game like
Blackjack using a touchscreen for betting “The threshold for success with the i-
instead of live chips? Would dealers embrace Table is more like that of a shuffler than it
yet another type of technology that required is of a new game. The i-Table doesn’t need
them to change habits and procedures? Would to create an audience, like a new game
casinos be willing to install (and pay for) a new does. It just has to not chase away the
suite of technological components on existing existing audience. If gamblers play i-Table
public domain tables because they found to the extent they do traditional blackjack
enough tangible operational benefits in the or craps or roulette, the casino will realize the Shuffle Master installed its first i-Table
product? Though it may be a few years before efficiencies this platform provides. In that Blackjack units on Nevada field trial in
we have a definitive answer to all of the above, respect, it is just like a shuffler. September 2009 at the Riviera and has since
initial results from the product’s first casino installed the product in two additional
installs hint that the collective answer may “But keep in mind, we are very early in the properties in Las Vegas and Southern
indeed be a resounding yes. rollout. It’s still the top of the first inning. California — the Excalibur and Barona — and
We have 12 Blackjack tables in the field and is in discussion with several other operators
“So far, so good,” says Roger Snow, Shuffle one Craps table. Three Card Poker is about who have expressed interest in the product’s
Master Executive Vice President. “My concern four months away from debuting and efficiencies.
from the beginning was a lack of player Roulette is six months away. This story has
acceptance, something that has killed a lot of just started to unfold.” The i-Table combines state-of-the-art
so-called revolutionary products in the past. technology with a live dealer and a live game
outcome to increase table game security,
accuracy and speed. By automating the betting
process and utilizing real-time card
recognition, it eliminates pay and take errors
and security concerns like card counting, bet
capping and pinching, and card switching.
Further, its integrated card and bet
recognition functionality instantaneously
records a variety of crucial table game data
points including actual win / loss and handle
per player while providing accurate player
ratings and skill analysis.
The i-Table also includes a variety of added
benefits including multiple configuration
options for minimums and maximums,
paytables, side bets and games. And, because it
captures all aspects of the game process,
casinos have access to a wealth of information
previously unavailable on live tables.
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