G2E 2014
CHAIRMAN SHELDON ADELSON, LAS VEGAS SANDS CORPORATION
Las Vegas Sands Corporation Chairman Sheldon Adelson pulled no punches when passionately defending his opposition to Internet gaming. For the 81-year-old multi- billionaire, reportedly worth almost $37 billion, it is not about competition or money… it is about potential addiction. He grew up impoverished in Boston during the Depression and World War II. During his lifetime, Adelson has started 50 diverse businesses. Although some failed, Adelson described his successes as “doing the same things, but doing them differently.” Adelson has never loved gaming, but
entered it via real estate. After founding the COMDEX computer trade show in 1979, Adelson and his partners wanted to operate their own convention center. They purchased the Sands hotel in 1989 specifically for its land, opening the 2.25
loaded into the shuffler.” It’s also impossible to over-draw cards; the croupier deals six cards and Safe Bacc locks the cards until it’s time for the next deal, which the croupier signals with a push of a button that allows the game results to be seen on a display. With a shiny new upgrade, i-Deal Plus now comes with a min-max bet display to help the casino reclaim a little bit of real estate they might have lost from its installation. Eventually this will also allow the casino to run its own promo videos too.
Abbiati
Live gaming equipment specialists Abbiati confirmed this was another great G2E for the company, where it presented its most recent products and state of the art technologies. “G2E is one of the key shows in the gaming industry and it’s essential for our company to be present at this show,” confirmed Terry Clarke, Commercial Director of Abbiati Casino Equipment. “It’s a perfect place to demonstrate our latest developments and new innovative products.” At the show, the biggest interest was in Abbiati’s new line of casino security currency products, Value Chips and Plaques including
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new models with the most recent enhanced security features. A new model of the BlackJack- style table was also on show, with new innovative composite materials and finishing that attracted the attention of the show visitors. This table was fitted with the new and
exciting baccarat game, EZ Baccarat, which eliminates the commission payment and has two optional side bets: Panda 8 and Dragon 7. Abbiati, in conjunction with DEQ, will also be offering the G3 Progressive Bonus bet to EZ Baccarat that has seen incredible success in many countries. Especially for the DEQ Hawk shoe used in the EZ Baccarat game, Abbiati, an exclusive
million square foot Sands Expo and Convention Center in 1990. Competing with newer Strip hotels, they decided to build a hotel and later raised additional capital by selling COMDEX for more than $800 in 1995. After marrying Israeli physician Dr. Miriam Adelson in 1991, their Italian honeymoon sparked plans for the resort’s theme. They imploded the Sands hotel in 1996, and construction began in 1997. The $1.5 billion Venetian opened in May 1999, with the Bethlehem Sands in Pennsylvania and Palazzo in Las Vegas following within10 years. Opportunities in Cotai, Macao and a billion Chinese people attracted Adelson to recreate the Las Vegas Strip on land he called the Cotai Strip. In August 2007, Adelson opened the $2.4-billion Venetian Macao Resort Hotel. His $5.5 billion Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, the world’s most expensive building, opened in 2010. Joined by his friend Steve Wynn, Adelson
advocates against legalized Internet gaming, asserting that addiction risks from easing gaming accessibility trumps any benefits. He estimated that millions have potentially addictive personalities and that tech-savvy kids will easily outmaneuver any underage software controls. “There is no compelling reason to have gaming in the hands of 315 million people,” he warned. Adelson worries about all individual addictions. He candidly spoke of his parents’ problem gambling history and subsequent financial crisis, surprising many. Adelson also lost his son to a drug overdose years ago. Miriam Adelson is a drug addiction expert, and they have established addiction clinics in Las Vegas, Tel-Aviv and Macao. The Adelsons have donated hundreds of millions to medical research, care and education, as well as funding Holocaust remembrance memorials in Jerusalem. Adelson considers family and Jewish/Israeli causes their top priorities.
worldwide distributor of Modiano, has developed playing cards specifically for this machine. This year Abbiati also
showed their RFID Bean Shaped Baccarat table. This design is dedicated mainly to the Asian players, fitted with a Perfect Pay Table Network platform; this table was exclusively designed and manufactured for Abbiati’s partner Walker Digital Table Systems. With this table, Abbiati Company also presented to the international visitors their line of chips and plaques enhanced with RFID 13.56
MHz PJM technology; this is the only RFID- enabled baccarat table capable of tracking hand outcomes, wagers, payouts and player ratings in real time, this product generated significant interest from the casino operators.
Konami In addition to new progressive games,
numerous original math game themes, imaginative stepper cabinet breakthroughs, and all-new systems marketing and management tools, Konami received widespread enthusiasm for the unveiling of Neo Contra themed video slots—marking the first ever release of Konami Digital Entertainment video game Intellectual
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