INDUSTRY NEWS
World gambling reaches $400bn A
nnual global gambling revenues now top $400bn, says Global Betting and Gaming Consultants (GBGC).
It cites a provisional total of $419bn for 2011, up 5.6 percent on the previous year. The biggest share of that, 28.4 percent, went to lotteries. But casinos are close
behind at 27.7 percent thanks to growth in gambling centres such as Macau and Singapore, and GBGC expects them to overtake lotteries in 2012. The figures exclude U.S. tribal gaming. Internet gaming revenues grew less than might be expected, from eight percent of
the total to 8.4 percent. GBGC expects the $500bn figure to be reached by 2014. But, cautioned director
Lorien Pilling, “the global economic situation will be a major influence. If China’s economy does have a crash landing it is difficult to see Macau’s gaming growth rates being maintained. A strong economic recovery in the U.S. would help gaming revenues that have been hit hard in recent years. In Europe, the gambling industry needs the eurozone crisis to be resolved because the uncertainty is really hurting the gambling sector in the likes of Greece and Spain.”
Aristocrat promises Spanish Gold A
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New from Novomatic N
ovomatic will use March’s FER-Interazar
event in Madrid to launch new product for Spain, including the Mix II games suite as well as a system that combines three networked Gaminator III machines, each featuring five different fruit games and sharing an integrated mystery jackpot. Also new for the Spanish
B market will be a slant-top version of the Novo Line Salon cabinet. At the recent ICE Totally
Gaming event in London, meanwhile, a raft of new Novomatic product made its debut, including 19 new Coolfire II games and 13 new Novo Line games.
ristocrat Technologies sees Spanish street gaming as a growing market and plans to formally launch its new Type B Salon productWhere’s the Gold at FER-Interazar in Madrid, following a preview at ICE Totally Gaming in London.
The company also used the London
show to debut a Viridian widescreen version of its Italian VLT system, which is used by Cogetech. This, along with the Indago terminals and Belago system about to be launched into Norwegian bingo halls by Norsk Tipping, is based on Aristocrat’s TruServ server-based gaming technology. Said Sam Nickless, Aristocrat’s
managing director for emerging business and strategy: “The cultivation of our core content, to bring it to as many places in the world as we can, is an important part of our strategy. Aristocrat is looking to reach as many different players in regulated markets as we possibly can.
Whether that is through mobile devices, online, VLTs, street or casino gaming equipment, our key aim is to get our games into players’ hands.”
Apex ends its lease-only rule G
Magic Dreams in Asia I
the excellent performance that our Double Draw Poker generates, and we now plan to achieve great targets in this area,” said general manager Luca Gerardini. “We do plan also to enter in the Asian market, which
doesn’t just mean Macau but also the surrounding countries. Of course Europe and South America are always the markets where our activity is well-established, and for these territories our intention is to be strengthened and consolidated by offering innovation, flexibility and great dynamism.” New products for Europe on show at the ICE Totally Gaming
event in London included the uprightWow cabinet; the Time Voyager jackpot system with a three-game library consisting of Back to Jurassic, Back to Rome and Back to Rinascimento; and High Voltage, a standalone progressive jackpot series. Said Gerardini: “Our
erman operators have welcomed Apex Gaming’s decision to break the lease-only mould and offer casino-quality gaming machines for sale, says the firm. Its four cabinets have now been certified by the German test house PTB: the
upright Pinnacle 22-inch, the Pinnacle SL 26-inch slant top, the Pinnacle WM wall- mounted machine and the upright Dual Slim Line. It also used the recent IMA event in Dusseldorf to launch a mobile app for Android
and Apple handsets, currently featuring five games with more promised. And another 20 games were launched for the AWP market in the Hot Magic Fruits
XXL package. “Each and every game is trialled as a single game in the market before being promoted to the Apex games library,” says the firm, and all can be purchased.
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established customers immediately noticed the great innovation we showcased, but we are also extremely happy that, thanks to our new launches, we grabbed the attention of several new operators. This year’s exhibition brought outstanding business opportunities that we are looking forward to pursue.”
THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF THE AMUSEMENT AND STREET GAMING INDUSTRY
talian game maker Magic Dreams has its eye on new territories. “We’ve recently expanded our presence into Africa thanks to
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