G3-247 Report GERMANY
01 The Gauselmann Group Chairman, Paul Gauselmann, put the amount of taxes the industry pays into perspective. The German casino industry has a turnover of approx. 500 million euros whereas the German AWP pays six times this amount in taxes alone to the state. His focus was on how the industry has grown despite a reduction in income per player.
The Bally Net Gate is the company’s solution to access control requirements. Player data can be stored on a chip so that the player does not need to register each time he or she enters the arcade and secondly, to enable this access control process to be automated. The barrier control even has integrated technology to ensure that only one person at a time can go through.
THE GAUSELMANN GROUP The Vision Slant Top ‘SL’ was premiered at the IMA. The HD technology really stands out here thanks to the innovative Merkur Profitech HD technology. Both the hand-rest and foot-rest have been improved compared to the earlier ver- sion. The focus on player comfort has been made clear from another angle as well – the fact that money entry and pay-out are now on the same level. Players no longer need to bend down to col- lect their winnings. The Merkur Elevator carries coins back up within the AWP. The banknotes are paid out from the Merkur Dispenser 100.
The ‘Action Star 5’ has seen its games selection grow from 50 to 60 games. This is available with all three risk ladders. The new ‘Ramses Book’ game was stated to be a highlight in the books fea- ture games – looking for a lost book in ancient Egypt. ‘Action Star King – XXL’ now also has 60 games to choose from. Here players choose between the Classic and Fun risk ladders. Bally Wulff offers a new game here called ‘Fruits Royal vs. Magic Book’ – thus fruit-based game moves on to the search for the book once the scatter symbol is shown.
Bally Wulff has grown strongly particularly in the gastro market and the ‘Gastro Star’ offers 20 games with a further game being activated every two months to then reach 25 games by the end of the year. As a gastro AWP, the risk ladders revolve around Fun or Classic. Games such as ‘Mistress of Magic’ or ‘Super Duper Cherry’ have been added. The requirement for banknote recyclers in gastro AWPs is seen as a must nowadays and Bally Wulff fits the UBA-10-RC as standard. A further games
selection is called ‘Tropical II’ that consists of 10 new games to make up a total of 20 games (including the popular ‘Burn the Sevens’).
The AWP networking system of Bally Wulff is very popular in Germany and the company intro- duced the updated version at the IMA – the
BALLYWULFFnet.pro. This system can also make use of WLAN technology so that operators no longer need to connect each AWP individually in their arcades. Information on coin entry, cashbox takings and hopper levels and much more is sim- ply viewed and managed. If any amount is believed to be missing, the operator can receive an email or text message immediately, so they can control whether this refers to possible machine manipulation.
This networking programme consists of four levels – BWNfinance, BWNservice, BMNentertain and BWNgate. The ‘What’s happening right now’ mod- ule enables operators to see in real time which AWPs are being played upon.
A further new innovation presented on the Gauselmann stand was the Merkur Ideal Space. The AWP is built within a round shell so that play- ers can play totally uninterrupted by their sur- roundings. The in-built speakers within the shell make the sound experience something special. Again the latest HD technology and money-han- dling products are fitted for increased player com- fort.
The Hybrid De Luxe offers a further feature on Gauselmann AWPs – a mechanical reel is includ- ed below the lower video monitor. There are eight reel games to choose from. The lower screen becomes invisible so these reel-based games can be played. Nevertheless, Gauselmann has made use of the monitor to add features to these games. The games utilises three and five reels. When players prefer to play video-based games, then the lower monitor comes back to life and the reels disappear from view.
Gauselmann recognises that, particulary in the gastronomy segment, operators wish to have the right to purchase AWPs. This has been made pos- sible. The Merkur Multi Multi has three games packages included, each comprising of 20 games. The operator can choose to offer his customer either the ‘Merkur Multi Jewel’, ‘Merkur Multi
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