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EUROPEAN UPDATE AristocratandBallyjointdeal


AristocratTechnologies and BallyTechnologies agree cooperative technology deal


In a spirit of cooperation that permeated the G2E exhibition in Las Vegas, Aristocrat Technologies and Bally Technologies announced that they had entered into a technology cooperation agreement that relates to the ability of the system to manage the main game screen’s video and touch-screen communications.


Under this agreement, both companies reinforce their commitment to delivering system-driven solutions that use Gaming Standards Association and computing- industry protocols to enable operators to create a picture-in-picture-style interface on the gaming device to differentiate their slot products, regardless of manufacturer.


“Aristocrat and Bally have very similar views of both the current and future technology needs of our gaming system customers,” said Nick Khin, Aristocrat America. “Both our companies have decades of systems experience, and feel it is imperative we cooperate on this important issue.”


PokerTek towork withMatsui inAsia


US-basedmulti-player poker specialist, PokerTek, has signed an agreement with Japan’sMatsui Gaming to distribute its products throughoutAsia. “PokerTek is the industry leader and has an excellent reputation for quality and service.We are pleased to distribute PokerTek’s products,” commentedTakashi Matsui, CEO ofMatsui Gaming.


“PokerTek is the industry leader and has an excellent reputation for quality and service.As PokerTek enters these high growthmarkets, we choseMatsui Gaming because of their outstanding reputation and leadership in table games,” commentedMark Roberson, PokerTek’s CEO and CFO. “Market conditions throughoutAsia are favourable for electronic table games and we believeMatsui Gaming will play a significant role as gaming in the region expands.”


“Our companies have worked verywell together on our download-and- configuration products and in


demonstrating the power of


implementing the picture-in-picture- style interfacewith this approach.Wewill


continue to cooperate on this and other initiatives that


mutually benefit our customers.”


Bruce Rowe, Senior VicePresident of


Strategy and Business Development for Bally Technologies.


“Our companies have worked very well together on our download-and- configuration products and in demonstrating the power of implementing the picture-in-picture-style interface with this approach,” said Bruce Rowe, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development for Bally. “We will continue to cooperate on this and other initiatives that mutually benefit our customers.”


The player interface technology at the center of the two companies’ agreement is Aristocrat’s nCompass and Bally’s iVIEW Display Manager (DM). This type of technology has been approved by Gaming Laboratories International (GLI), is in the field today in multiple markets, and is backward compatible to work on older gaming machines as well as new gaming devices being purchased today.


Aristocrat and Bally are confident that their customers want this type of technology to be interoperable, highly configurable, and available on an open network, easily enabling third-party applications and ensuring that gaming operators have the freedom to create differentiated marketing and service experiences on the games they own.


WMS and Konami agree joint slots systems deal


WMS Gaming and Konami Gaming also announced at G2E a joint agreement that will deliver integrated networked gaming capabilities and create new value for casino operators and new experiences for slot players. This joint initiative highlights WMS’ and Konami’s ongoing commitment to support full product and system interoperability in the gaming industry, and is believed to be the industry’s most expansive and cooperative plan to foster open and interoperable networked gaming solutions.


By integrating Konami products and systems with WMS’ WAGE-NET, Konami and WMS will provide operators with the ability to utilise all of the features, functionalities and robustness of networked gaming. As part of the integration initiative,


WMS’ WAGE-NET system will support the full array of remote configuration and download functionality on both WMS and Konami gaming machines through a single system and user interface. Importantly, by utilising WMS’ FreedomPort Player User Interface windowing platform, WMS and Konami will allow each other access to deploy gaming and non-gaming applications across their respective gaming machines.


FreedomPort enabled products include WMS’ Portal application suite and Konami’s Player Tracking and Advanced Incentives applications. The full range will operate on both Konami’s machines and Casino Management System, and will be co-branded with WMS’ WAGE-NET networked gaming system.


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Eloperadoryconcesionariodejuegoital- iano, Cogetech, ha acordado con WMS Gaming un nuevo contrato de sumin- istro de terminales de videolotería. Se trata del primer contrato cerrado en Italia por esta empresa esta- dounidense. «Estamos satisfechos y muy orgullosos por ser los primeros en firmar un acuerdo con WMS. Las terminales de videolotería de alto rendimiento de WMS nos permitirán ofrecer a nuestros clientes una amplia gama de productos de primera cali- dad. Estamos convencidos de que nuestros clientes sabrán apreciar nues- tra elección», afirmó Fabio Schiavolin, Director Ejecutivo de Cogetech, en la feria G2E.


ElgrupoempresarialEurocoinhaadquirido del síndico los activos comerciales y negociables de la empresa británica Thomas Automation Ltd. La nueva empresa operará bajo la denominación «Thomas Automatics», y se hará inmediatamente con el control de la demanda de servicio y soporte técnico de las miles de máquinas Thomas instaladas por todo el mundo. En su labor contará con el apoyo del provee- dor de servicios electrónicos londi- nense Mike Clokie, designado para colaborar con Thomas y proporcionar servicio técnico, piezas de repuesto y asistencia in situ.


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ElMinistrodeTurismodeIsrael,Stas Misezhnikov, ha anunciado la inten- ción del Gobierno de permitir el juego en casinos dentro de las fronteras del país, en un esfuerzo por atraer al tur- ismo internacional. «Tomaremos medi- das para establecer casinos en el sur del país», afirmó en la rueda de prensa celebrada en el Hotel King David, en Jerusalén.


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