CAMMEGH’S EYECARD
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n recent years, Cammegh has expanded its portfolio with a range of largely technology-based additions to its excellent, world
renowned Roulette products. G2E Asia sees them take this a step further, with an addition to the Billboard line of table game displays that will surprise and delight existing customers – and customers-to-be. EyeCard is a camera-based card
recognition system where the camera is mounted on top of a Billboard display screen, and trained on the card table. Billboard is Cammegh’s successful information display technology, a high-resolution 1920 x 1200 pixel display, which is perfect for multimedia promotions as well as game results. Billboard, working with
EyeCard, enables viewers to see the dealer’s card not as real time film but in animation form for a slick, entertaining addition to the game, and an attraction for passers-by to get involved. EyeCard is also a means to obtain the card information as dealt in Baccarat, and it automatically updates the traditional Baccarat scoreboard.
It also can also be used on different games – the Billboard controller with EyeCard can be used on a Blackjack table and shows the dealer’s hand, with animations to explain and enhance the game – if the dealer has bust, for example, an amusing infographic can enhance the player’s experience and catch the eye of other potential players. Not to mention a host of statistics based on the dealers hand. Many casinos currently employ an intelligent
show, but EyeCard has some advantages over this type of reader, explains Andrew Cammegh. “The shoe has a place in the market of course, but we think this is a much more cost-effective
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The evolution of Cammegh’s Billboard
Cammegh has a superb new game-enhancing product fresh for customers at G2E Asia: EyeCard, a camera-based card recognition system. See it up close on stand 504
can monitor behaviour and actions which may be used to reset statistics, dealer change notification and even monitoring betting behaviour – there is so much we can deliver with the EyeCard, it’s really exciting”. “We plan to launch
EyeCardplus before G2E Las Vegas, where in Blackjack it can see not only the dealer’s cards, but all the individual players cards as well, which opens up all sorts of other opportunities, especially in the side bet and security sectors”. What makes this system really special though, is that the software can score and enhance a Baccarat game, Blackjack and Roulette with more games on the way; all menu selectable from the same controller. This means simplification for the customers operations and customer support for the supplier. Andrew said: “Our customers can have multiple game
way of delivering the same thing. EyeCard gives players immediate game result data, it means the operator is not tied to a particular card manufacturer; they don’t need a shoe- compatible card; life is simple for dealers too – when burning cards you don’t have to alert the shoe, you can just burn them, discard and deal out. EyeCard simplifies things. “The technology is all held within the display
controller, in the software and the camera, so you don’t need a second expensive piece of equipment on the table. It’s in the camera’s ability to read the detail on the card.” The system is installed at Grand Casino Luzern in Switzerland, where Cammegh reports the customer is “delighted with its speed, reliability, customised graphics, and how neatly it works with the Billboard system.” Andrew added: “We’re already exploring new features to build into it. Because it’s optically sensitive, we
content on the same controller, simplifying support and product management. If a customer wishes to switch games, they simply change the game layout and select the corresponding game setting from the Billboard game menu; Black Jack becomes Baccarat - simple. All tables will have the same Billboard controller, and can have all games pre-loaded. “For support, swap out a controller with a spare with one having all the game content pre- loaded.” Andrew explained, “We are also working on new games; soon we will be able to add Three Card Poker to the menu options list, it’s very exciting and demonstrates the flexibility the Billboard can deliver our customers”. It’s easy to see why Cammegh are so excited about the superb EyeCard product – and that Asia is a market crying out for such an innovation, though the potential is there for EyeCard to take off all around the world.
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