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monitors, backward compatibility, and is network and server-based ready. Add to that the Pro Series’ inclusion of iDeck, and very high quality four- speaker sound, and you have a top-quality player experience. The standout game for us was probably Betty
DigiDeal
Table games are DigiDeal’s bread and butter, and since their split from IGT in September 2010, they’ve gone back to basics – that is, making some of the finest electronic table games in the business. And as Senior VP of Game Development Dave Krise told CI, the key is flexibility. “We feel we have by far the best and most flexible products in the industry. One of the key facets of our products in addition to the security and productivity is flexibility, we can have our tables approved as GLI 11 which is a slot machine, or we can be GLI 24 or 25 for electronic table games. So those jurisdictions that only allow slot machines and don’t have table games in casinos, they can have table games now; these tables play exactly like a real table game but meet all the requirements of a slot machine.”
On their stand dominated somewhat by a pole
dancer, Dave explained some of what they had on show at G2E: “This year we’re showing the L2V (live to Virtual) table which has a live shoe on it. We’re demonstrating it with TCSJOHNHUXLEY’s card reading shoe; some customers have said they want to go that way, so we’re showing our flexibility again. Of course, with a live deck of cards and a shoe you might only deal 200 to 250 hands an hour; with our tables you get in excess of 800 hands an hour.” And with those numbers, taking a closer look at DigiDeal’s products seems to be a no brainer. So we’ll be doing exactly that in a forthcoming issue of Casino International.
Bally Bally had almost too much
product to look at; as with some of their major rivals, it’s mind- boggling when you walk onto the stand the array of choice at every level of product. More than 300 games on show, and the majority of these were in the new Pro Series cabinets running the shiny new ALPHA 2 platform, which itself is optimised for dual screen HD multigame slots. It’s got more up its sleeve too, with the potential to run up to four
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Boop’s Love Meter, a frivolous bit of branding pulled off with some panache. The bonus features feel like fun, and the cabinet manages to pull off both looking like a piece of hot technology and an old-fashioned carnival love meter at the same time. On the systems side, Bally’s Command Center caught the eye again, alongside the excellent iView display manager. More o these in-depth products in a future issue of Casino International.
Money Controls Ardac Elite is at the forefront of Money Controls’
suite of products, a bill validator that images the entire bill and promises to cut the time to solve player disputes right down, as the image is immediately available to floor staff. More than 50 US casinos are now using the Ardac Elite, which is the best endorsement anyone could ask for. Money Controls was also celebrating at G2E, as
news was filtering through about the company’s acquisition by Crane Payment Solutions. This will give Money Controls access to a wide pool of R&D while retaining their independence in product terms; they will be competing with CashCode in the casino business so of course there will be overlap, but this should be good for both companies.
GPI RFID technology is front and centre for Gaming
Partners International these days; the recent agreement with IGT in which GPI acquired the ability to develop, manufacture and distribute additional high-frequency RFID products and systems worldwide has allowed the company to expand its product offering and G2E saw the fruits of this. GPI can now make RFID product which works on both 125KHz and 13.56MHz frequencies. RFIDPoker has been around for a couple of years
now, but GPI has been continuously improving and refining the product. Now the company has added its Progressive Poker system, a wide-area progressive that features three incrementing jackpots that can be won at any RFID Poker Texas Hold’Em table. Also of note, GPI’s eReady gaming tables, designed and built to accommodate the electronic equipment that is increasingly required on gaming tables. The eReady table design allows for ventilation and cooling of electronic equipment, elimination of signal interference of RFID transmitters and specially-built areas for shufflers and bill validators that are ergonomically placed for dealer convenience and comfort.
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