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TABLE GAMIING


Something old, something new


Successful table games today are those that blend the old with the new in ways that pay off for casino operators and their customers alike. Barnaby Page reports


T Tomaz Zvipelj, CEO of Elektroncek


he challenge that table games pose to casino operators – and, by extension, to suppliers – is delivering fresh appeal while retaining the tried and tested elements of play that made the games successful in the


first place. And it’s one to which a host of vendors, including Alfastreet, Amaya, Cammegh, Copag, DigiDeal, Gold Club, GPI, and Shuffle Master, are all responding in different ways. Says Tomaz Zvipelj, CEO of


Elektroncek/Interblock in Slovenia: “Historically, traditional table games such as Roulette, Dice, Blackjack, Baccarat, Poker and so on meant the start of the gaming industry as we know it today. It is quite interesting that even with new technology and all the possibilities it has enabled they still represent the core of the industry today. But what has changed in last decade is the fact that people nowadays see technology as their friend and companion making things easier for all of us, so this has to be taken into consideration. “I still remember my early days in gaming when our


electro-mechanical multiplayer machines were seen as a novelty without a particularly bright or long future ahead of them. Today, however, they are seen as a perfect combination of traditional games played for centuries and the possibilities that integration with the latest technologies offers.” For example, the firm debuted its G4 Organic Live Pulse at ICE this year, a system mixing live dealers with electronic play, and shown in a configuration comprising two live games of Roulette and Baccarat with 32 play positions. “Casinos and players both see this combination as a win for them. Players appreciate the privacy, speed of play, the possibility of playing several different games without having to relocate around the casino floor, and so on, whereas the casinos recognise improved security, reduction in labour costs and floor


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space, and layout optimisation. So the future looks pretty bright,” says Zvipelj. At TCSJohnHuxley, Marketing Manager Tracey Cohen agrees: “The development of live table gaming has evolved at a dramatic pace in the last ten years. As a manufacturer of both traditional live gaming products and cutting-edge electronic gaming products we have been ideally positioned to harness our core skills to develop future gaming technologies ourselves. The introduction of electronic multiplayer products has made a massive impact on table games. Operators can make available any combination of live,


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