CASINO NEWS Merkur Gaming: Made to Fit
The company presents several games with Asian appeal as the Merkur focuses on the Far East region
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nternational casino games developer and manufacturer Merkur Gaming, a member of the German based Gauselmann Group, exhibited at G2E Asia for the first time as part of the company’s plan
to broaden its foothold in Asia. “We’ve realized that we need to enter the market with a strong game base that fits the Asian demographics to prove ourselves in Macau,” explains Bill Stefanakis, sales director of Asia at Merkur Gaming. This show is very important to us not only to showcase our specific Asian development but to receive important feedback from our customers on our direction.” Merkur Gaming products have already entered neighbouring regions such as Korea and the games have created much interest by players in this short time. Installations will soon be seen in Cambodia and The Philippines. Slots dominated the floor of the company’s booth as the casino
products developer showcased its first-ever collection of Chinese titles - nine in total, with new content currently in the approval process not only for the Macau market but across Asia Pacific. Popular themes include Golden Wings, Phoenix and Dragon and Sentinels of Drawn, displayed as a single game or in multi-game package. Some cabinets were set up with over 85 games where one can download a favourite game within seconds.
Selected games “individual or package” can be installed in your favourite cabinet including the luxurious “highflyer” cabinet which comes with a reclining leather chair. All games offer several key features including multi-language functionality. Bill added: “Our game library and platforms have been proven to be very stable across markets such as Europe where Merkur Gaming is one of the biggest suppliers, but also across Latin America, South Africa and now we are focusing on Asia.” Bill also indicated that Merkur Gaming’s game portfolio offer operators a variety of line bet settings and volatility levels to suit respective market or casino location needs. The Privilege (upright cabinet) arrives
equipped with 2x 22” TFT monitors, The Evolution (slant-top) comes with a lower 22” TFT touch screen, and a 26” TFT monitor in the top area, The “highflyer” offers an adjustable upper 26” TFT screen. Cabinets engineered in a modular format for convenience to operators, as the machines are easy to configure among other design advantages. Meanwhile the top-end
Highflyer cabinet delivers enhanced visuals through the adjustable 26-inch monitors that appear “floating” courtesy of its suspended, minimalist design. Additionally the device is more accommodating to customer comforts with several adjustable features such as volume control, leaning areas for left or right-handed players, extendable chairs and more.
6 JULY/AUGUST 2013
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