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Nottingham-based Games Warehouse believes that while Cat C has been a ‘difficult’ sector, with the correct, common-sense, treatment it can bring a myriad of exciting new game styles to players.
sectors of the coin-op industry in recent times than Cat C single site. With up to 50 public houses closing their doors for good each week and customer numbers declin- ing due to reduced levels of disposable income, the downward pressure on AWP cashboxes has been inevitable. With fewer players who carry less cash, there has been no alternative but to strive to present new ideas and new formats as we compete for their time and money. The digital AWP remains a very exciting and popular prospect, with appropriately targeted sites delivering exceptional levels of perform- ance and Games Warehouse remains com- mitted to what is seen as a potentially valuable niche in the market. The company
“There can have been few more difficult
has recently released the latest generation v2.9 software package for its Cat C single site Evolution digital gaming terminals. This includes both three-category and three-game menu options and the wide- spread roll-out of the licensed Premier League Darts Cat C game with its theme that features superstars such as Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld. There will be a further extension of this offer with a Summer v3.0 release that intro- duces further branded game content and more new games and technical and opera- tional enhancements. Testing of v3.0 will commence next month. Following the recent confirmation of a new distribution agreement with Crown Direct and Deith Leisure, the latest Cat C software for the
casino-styled Winner terminal is very specifically targeting the arcade and bingo sectors. This Winner Games Menu is also being made available to customers in the more modern Evolution gaming terminal. The objective is to continue to work to pro- vide a quality product with the widest pos- sible consumer appeal that is there in support of retailers as they themselves work to improve customer traffic because even the cleverest developer can’t come up with games that play themselves! As far as the Gambling Commission’s
proposals for amendments to Cat C machine standards are concerned, we are fully supportive of all legitimate moves to improve levels of play. As an industry our ‘mission’ is to constantly try to make our
product more attractive to play-
ers and as long as consultation pro- grammes such as this are approached sensibly and realistically then this can sit very nicely alongside the Commission’s three core licensing objectives. For exam- ple, in an attempt to stimulate cashboxes, a relaxation of the constraints relating to speed of play seems like common sense, provided that speed of play and level of stake are appropriately ‘scaled’. Likewise, the same kind of common-sense approach should also be applied to any debate about live jackpots.”
Coinslot MAY 20 - MAY 26, 2011
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