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JCM unleashed iPRO on its international audience – it’s a bill validator with a difference; when coupled with JCM’s recycling technology it creates the iPRO Recycler, or RC. When a player is using the device, certain denominations are designated for recycling, and they go into recycling chambers. When the player cashes out at the end of the session, the notes from the recycling chamber pay the player. It’s a huge efficiency for route operators, helps keep uptime on the device, and keeps players happy. JCM’s Tom Nieman told CI: “For the last decade, UBA has been the number one bill validator in Europe; iPRO has a more advanced sensing package, and because it fits the rest of the UBA it’s just a head swap-out. It’s 100 per cent retro-fittable, and has an even better anti- fishing package.” Looks like it will be another hit for the company, then – and when last year’s other developments (like the at-table note sorter) hit the gaming floor, it’s going to be a good year for JCM.


Shuffle Master took a stellar product in the


iTable and reinforced some of its less obvious strengths at ICE. It’s long been clear to customers how good the table looks, how good the software is, but it’s not always beenclear what the back-office advantages of it are. Not any more, as John Strickland explains: “We’ve taken some of the key selling points from the iTable and demonstrated them for the customer here at ICE. We do a great job of displaying tables at G2E, but we’re really focussing on displaying the actual table data here at ICE; after all, one of the main reasons an operator would want one is mining information and information reporting. So we can see what the cash in is, if there are any markers, total buy-in, cash out, total tips on the table – then it gets even more detailed with analysis and player habits.” Shuffle Master’s other great strength is in


intellectual property, notably in its range of unique table games like Ultimate Texas Hold’em and Let It Ride. John explained how these properties can create new revenue streams for the company and its partners: “We’re really looking hard at maximising return from our intellectual property now, by offering our games to online and also to land-based casinos moving into the online space; so we offer the back end, with their casino ‘skin’, we don’t take any player information at all – we literally just supply the game. Of course, the online versions that are in play now can be free to play if you’re in North America, so the player logs in and plays, and the player collects time; when the player comes to ‘cash out’, the property providing the game can give the player some


kind of comp to bring them into the property to claim it, and perhaps play for real… We think this is going to be incredibly popular.” We think you’re right, John.


TransAct’s partner in Europe, Middle East and Africa is Eurocoin, and TransAct’s Tracey Chernay was effusive in her praise of the company. “We’ve received a very warm response from casinos that have evaluated the system; Eurocoin has done a fantastic job of penetrating the European market with the Epic 950. Customers who already have the Epic 950 can simply upgrade their printers, as it’s entirely retrofittable. It’s an easy process, and it means customers who have invested in the 950 have not lost that investment as we can upgrade it and go to the next level of ticket printing, which is coupons, so they can promote the casino or events directly into a player’s hands.” The big news for TransAct though was the


European launch of EpiCentral. Tracey told us: “At G2E last year we showed all of the modules we have added to the initial base system; this year we launch in Europe and we’re preparing to make a big splash with our coupon printing system in Europe.” The show was a success for both parties, as


TransAct supported Eurocoin with staff and product. Tracey concluded: “Fantastic exhibition. We’ve had a lot of pre-bookings of people who want to see the system, but also a lot of passing traffic that has come on to find out more. It’s really been very vibrant and enjoyable.”


This year’s ICE was the premiere for “DRGT


powered by SiP”. It was only last spring that DRGT purchased Systems in Progress (SiP) from WMS. Indeed the ICE 2011 was characterised by DRGT offering excellent new features to the systems world on an international basis. Systems has been somewhat of a second-tier side of gaming in the past – a necessity, something in the background. DRGT has changed this in a very short period of time. Systems is now affordable to all as DRGT ensures it can be provided to all slots. WORKS WITH ALL SLOTS is not only the company slogan but the philosophy that drives DRGT forward in the international gaming world. Got a floor of older machines you’d like to


upgrade cashless? Choose the right solution to fit your needs. The ibutton from DRGT places all the accounting details on a key. Integration is simple at a very affordable price. Need ticket- in, ticket-out but you don’t have the room for the ticket printer in your machine? drSide Box is the answer. Want to make use of the great marketing benefits of drScreen on a reel-based slot? drReel Screen replaces the old pay table with an electronic monitor that replicates the


pay table but allows much more. Thus, all the accounting and even jackpot information can be integrated. Every gaming location can be modernised to


make full use of the benefits of the systems solutions from DRGT powered by SiP. It is important to stress that DRGT powered


by SiP works on a serverless basis. The great benefit is thus that no server is required. The nightmare of the server failing – and all slots along with this – has now been banished. Furthermore, no expensive IT personnel is required – the software is simple to understand and use.


Interblock met their customers with their usual enthusiasm and backed by a dazzling array of products, beautifully designed and displayed. Oh, and of course they had a champion boxer on their stand too, in the form of Slovenian multiple IBF boxing champion, Dejan Zavec, backing up Interblock’s ‘Fight for the revenue’ slogan. Their booth was very large, and attracted a


large amount of traffic from visitors lured by the G4 Organic Roulette, G4 Organic Virtual BlackJack, and G4 Organic Bartop to name a few. Mr. Klemen Sitar, Regional Sales Manager at


Interblock, said: “This year’s company presentation with a renewed stand and twice the size stand of the last year’s was in my opinion was absolutely stunning. Our client and distributors from Belgium and the Netherlands share the same thoughts with me. Our new range of Organic products, the Football shaped tables with attractive PID’s, Virtual card table, Bartop terminals and especially brand new product, G4 Live Pulse are once again a new step forward for our


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Jurgen De Munck, Georg Steiner and Franz Lechner of DRGT


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