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flexibility from the game to the cashier’s cage, product we made for the Italian market. Word is they are a great combination of mathematics
hotel front desk and player’s club. Compatible spreading on this one; now that a couple of and game volatility. There is good variety for
with traditional gaming protocols as well as new companies have taken the board through GLI the players in there, too, and they are on the
USB communications, the CouponXpress and it’s all approved and working well in some Vega Vision cabinet.”
printer enables fast, convenient TITO slots, people are more comfortable about using
transactions, such as ticket purchases, the product. Samples are flying out for us. Cammegh
consolidation, or replacement of torn or “It’s the first product for the Italian market Cammegh’s stand was much larger than
crumpled tickets, and much more. that does not rely on a third-party controller previous years, decked out with their
PromoNet Promotional Couponing Solution board, which everyone else is using. It makes internationally renowned Roulette wheels –
seems almost like an old friend because we’ve the product more affordable for customers and much more besides.
been extolling its virtues for the past couple of without that third party board, so we give great New for 2010 is the Double Shot feature; it’s
years, but the technology is only now really value. It’s really the first product designed a randomly selected second or even third
being harnessed and understood by operators. specifically for that market. winning number from the wheel in a regular
The potential for this in a marketing-smart “The other two products we have here – the game. The layout is the same, the wheel is the
operation is huge, as you market right into the QXi-100 and the QX-30 – continue to be same, nothing has to be changed wheel-wise;
player’s hand at the slot machine. It’s a flexible received very well; the QX-30 is still the only it’s all done using the game display, in this
and feature-rich system that enables casinos to platform on the market that uses a single driver instance Cammegh’s Billboard HD product. The
print colourful eye-catching coupons at their to work four screens. With ours, you can just opportunity to create side bets and progressive
slot machines linking promotional campaigns plug in four monitors and away you go. jackpots with
to behavioural triggers within the game. “The show has been fantastic for us, we’ve minimum hassle
had a great position for two years and we’ve for the operator is
JCM seen current customers and new customers.” exceptionally
The main story for JCM at IGE was iVizion, appealing.
the new bill validator that wowed crowds at Abbiati Also on show
G2E; the company in fact walked away from The Italian company had a pretty broad array was a Roulette
G2E with a significant contract in its pocket. of product on their stand, including some very, wheel for the
Would it have the same impact at IGE? Yes, as very striking illuminated card tables. In terms online gaming
it turns out. JCM Global’s Tom Nieman told CI: of catching the eye of customers, table games market. It takes the
“I’m amazed at the response we’ve had at this are very limited, and this would seem a creative Slingshot II’s
show. I came into it with a level of expectation and cost-effective way to catch the eye of active rotor
which was lowered by the state of the economy. would-be players. control and adds it
But this show has been really excellent for us; Their other tables were absolutely stunning, to a Mercury
iVIZION has been very well received.” including one style that uses a perfect piece of wheel; this means
What is it that makes iVizion so successful, even mahogany, with leather insets; elsewhere, other the rotor on the
in its early days? Tom explains: “With this new elegant table solutions involved corian, various automated wheel
sensor package, and the technology we’ve packed woods, synthetic materials… Abbiati really seems, decelerates the
into it, it really improves the whole capability of as a company, to have embraced table gaming as randomly, so it’s secure against tracking
looking at and determining the result on the note a whole, not just their Roulette roots. With their technologies.
so much quicker and so much more accurately. RFID chip solutions, their rather excellent table Many enquiries for the company came for
It’s a true generational leap in capability and to designs and their classic Roulette wheels, the their Billboard line, as already mentioned, but
be able to deliver it at the right price point in the only way is up for the Italian company. the Double Shot feature, notable for its ease of
right form fit… the boys back in Japan have done integration, was certainly one of their hits.
a wonderful job. It’s a very robust unit, they’ve EGT
simplified the bill path so you’ll see a big The new cabinet on show was the TransAct
reduction in note jams, first time acceptance goes VegaVision+, with a wide screen. The The thermal printer company’s big story
up and counterfeit protection is enhanced.” VegaVision+ has had games especially wasn’t ServerPort, or the trusty Epic 950 – it was
Elsewhere on the JCM stand was an developed for it, to take best advantage of its the new Epic Ten80. The Ten80 has a whole
impressive prototype of QuickTable, a joint technology. host of benefits, but top of the list for operators
development with NRT that allows players to One of the focuses for the company was their is that the inner chassis is hot swappable, it has
move easily between playing slots with TITO or multiplayer range, which includes the Vega R8 integrated dual port capability – and a
smart cards, for example, and table games. Roulette, and the R6 Roulette, eight- and six- transaction time rated at up to 30 per cent
Tim elaborates: “Now slot players can cross over seaters respectively. faster. Also of note, it boasts 33 per cent more
and come to the table games and use that same The Vega PS multiplayer terminal looked standard ticket capacity, which is a time and
ticket for buy-in at the tables. It has wonderful very good; it has a 22” wide touchscreen money saver right from the outset. Ticketburst
potential.” We’ll be taking a much closer look at monitor. It allows the player to bet on three technology means the entire ticket is printed
this in a future issue of Casino International. wheels at the same time. It’s a very flexible before it reaches the customer, eliminating
offering in many ways. player interference… The list goes on! The
Quixant Nadia Filipova told CI: “The emphasis for our printer debuted at the G2E show in Las Vegas
We’ll let Quixant’s Gary Mullins do the exhibition this year is on the release of our last November, but this was its European debut
talking about their great product line-up and multi-game solutions; it’s the compilation mixes and it certainly went down well.
the response they had in London… Take it of different games. We already had Multi 1, now TransAct’s roll-fed printers made their
away, Gary: “Our newest product, the QXi-106 we have Multi 2 and Multi 3, which each presence felt too, with the Epic 880 and Epic
is going from strength to strength. It’s a feature ten games selected for performance; 430 also on the Eurocoin stand.
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