Review G2E LAS VEGAS 2014 - PART 1
BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE
Decadent quality mixed with high-tech gaming solutions on the Patir Design booth at G2E aimed at VIP players
Showing its exquisite range of custom-designed casino chairs at the G2E gaming exhibition for the eighth year running, Germany’s Patir Design continued to warmly welcome customers from around the world to its stand at this year’s event. Providing a quality alternative to domestic US manufacturers, the Patir designs are very different, delivering high quality, robust chairs for all aspects of casino use.
“We have provided chairs for a number of
medium-scale casinos in the US and have numerous enquiries from this show to follow up,” detailed Mr. Patir at the Vegas show. “Our designs are very individual and most of our US customers prefer the elaborate designs, especially the gold and white combinations from the Diamond Collection. The ‘Made in Germany’ factor is definitely a selling point
here too, with international customers recognising the build quality and reliability that comes with a German-branded product.”
It’s noticeable that the preferred chairs for the US market predominately lack armrests, a design feature that can restrict the movement and encumber some of the larger casino clientele. However, there’s one chair in the Patir line-up in which the armrests are integral to the design and that’s the Cobra chair. Designed for VIP customers and used as part of the Novomatic VIP range, it’s a chair that enables the player to completely recline and relax, with buttons built into the arms of the chair to control the game. “We will be preparing new designs to launch at the ICE show in London with much more emphasis on the integration of technology in chairs,” said Mr. Patir. “This is definitely a trend for the future.”
CASINO TECHNOLOGY EARNS ITS STRIPES IN VEGAS
Casino Technology displayed its BIG 5 in Las Vegas, a range of connected offline and online casino management systems
The Casino Technology booth in Las Vegas was dominated by its Big Five concept. Themed areas split into different ‘animal’-related content created a complete gambling eco-system that brought the theme to life for visitors to G2E. Adrian Toshkov, Business Development Manager for Casino Technology Interactive explained the rationale behind the Big Five as he tracked each element around the exhibit. “Beginning with Rhino, which is the casino management system, operators can connect machines and track player behaviour via the web-based solution,” described Mr. Toshkov. “Leopard is Casino Technology’s online casino platform, whereby players registered in offline locations are automatically registered to play online for linked jackpots, and the can play all the same offline games.”
Elephant is the remote gaming server, giving operators access to the very latest games from Casino Technology now available online. the most popular Casino Technology's games and third parties content through its integration with some of the leading online casino platforms. It’s a system that is already working extremely smoothly Bulgaria, and by the end of the year Casino Technology expects to have the system operational in a showcase casino for the product. “Buffalo is our universal jackpot server, that enables various configurations and flexible grouping of slot machines and games, depending on preferences and floor concept of the operator, as well as linking of online and land-based
Casino Technology’s Nataliya Baevska and Adrian Toshkov and assorted wildlife at G2E.
groups,” continued Mr. Toshkov, “while Lion is our money management system, which allows operators to close the gap between the land- based and online industries, enabling them to offer their clients the best from both worldsempowering an advanced and easy to use land-based/online payment infrastructure..”
Casino Technology has also signed a series of corporate deals that will greatly enhance its global reach. The first is a partnership with a Latvia-based company to offer its own live streaming of casino games, enabling operators to tap into this rapidly expanding segment of the online gaming sector. Casino Technology has also signed a distributor agreed with Alternative Gaming Solutions in the US market and has concluded a deal that will see Casino Technology releasing a suite of Hot Rod games based on the
iconic brand. The games will call upon the entire history of hot rods dating back to early post-war drag racing to the dawn of the muscle car era through today’s popular rodding culture.
After several years of market research, Casino Technology is also now turning its business focus upon Asian markets with a new series of Asian themed products, having signed an agreement with Pacific Gaming for representation of is products in Asian markets. The games from the Peacock & Dragon series offer intriguing story lines based on Chinese mythology that will appeal to local players, as well as to players around the world. The games, hosted in the new Aurora upright cabinet, will be available in both international GLI-11 and Macao GLI-13 versions. They are to be linked to an innovative jackpot, providing an additional attraction for players.
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