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EUROPEAN UPDATE Crossing the ticketing Rubicon
Italy’s cash/ticket handling dilemma is being solved by enterprising specialist, VNE
There are certain products that capture the spirit of the times, the zeitgeist. In the Italian gaming industry it isn't VLTs, but rather a complementary range of products that have captured the imagination of operators - and made their lives a whole lot easier. The domestic change machine supplier, VNE, has created a series of change machines that, simply put, work with everything. In a market currently over complicated with compatibility issues, the range of change machines offered by VNE accept, validate and return back to the player everything they want, be it tickets, cash, coins or cards.
Lorenzo Verona and
Furthermore, VNE is presently working with concessionaires on the difficult issue of cross-ticketing, utilising its change machines to connect different systems with a common ticket redemption solution. "The personal validation system accepts all tickets from all systems," explained VNE's Lorenzo Verona at the Rimini Spring ENADA. "Currently, players take their ticket from the slot machine and insert it into the change machine to validate and redeem their ticket. However, we are co-operating with the concessionaires to integrate our solution into their machines. This agreement will enable concessionaires to connect directly to each system despite the different platforms at work."
Accepting bills, recycling notes, giving change in coins, notes and validating tickets, any location with an AWP and VLT needs a VNE change machine. The further expansion of VLTs will see different systems employed within the same location (currently operators have only been able to install single systems due to compatibility issues), which not only calls upon the flexibility of VNE's change machines, but also their security, as large amounts of cash are held onsite in remote locations. "Operators need to know they can rely on a very practical and reliable machine," stated Mr. Verona. "Whether it's bill - note recycling, handling coins, notes and change, to TITO integration, we can handle everything. Every location with an AWP and VLT needs a change machine and this is equally important for VLT locations in the future as the cross-ticketing solution is deployed."
VNE also enables operators to connect with their change machines online to
Valentina Santarelli of VNE pictured at the Rimini exhibition.
check the inventory and view the number of times the machine has been opened during the course of the day. The company is looking to build upon its success in Italy across international markets with deals already in place in the UK and Germany with Eurocoin and VNE is looking to develop further the US and Mexican markets further afield with its cashless and contact-less card systems.
ComTrade deliver online Belgian gaming solution
ComTrade has signed an agreement with Belgium’s arcade machine and games supplier, Pascual Games, to deliver a sophisticated iGaming platform that will assist its customers in taking their business online.
The agreement will see the delivery of a complete online gaming platform that will include ComTrade’s Remote Game Server, which allows operators to integrate new content quicker and gain more control over their player’s online experience. ComTrade’s platform will also successfully translate land-based arcade games currently offered by Pascual Games machines into an online ready format.
The main objective is to provide online arcade game portals that will help land based arcade operators extend their business online in
regulated markets. Platform flexibility will also provide easy adaptation to meet the Belgian gaming legislation requirements for B+ licence holders, whilst all features integrated will comply with the Belgian Gaming Commission and any local legislation.
Serge De Gezelle of Pascual Games said: “ComTrade’s iGaming platform was the missing piece and will enable us to provide superior products to our clients and support the development of our strategy for online gaming. We have access to the platform source code, which leaves us with the option to continue development in- house for even faster time to market and maintain full control of our operations. We believe that this new platform will be a great addition to our online business growth.”
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ComTrade ha firmado un acuerdo con elprovee- dor belga de máquinas recreativas y jue- gos Pascual Games para suministrar una sofisticada plataforma de iGaming que prestará ayuda a sus clientes a la hora de lanzar negocios online. El acuerdo supondrá el suministro de una platafor- ma completa de juego online que incluirá el servidor remoto de juegos de ComTrade, que les permite a los oper- adores integrar los contenidos nuevos con mayor rapidez y disponer de un mayor control sobre la experiencia online de sus jugadores.
Zest Gaming (Italia) se dispone a lanzar a prin- cipios de junio tres casinos electrónicos de nuevo estilo bajo el nombre de Winpalace en las ciudades italianas de Trieste, Olbia y Alghero. Los establec- imientos tendrán entre 200 y 300 m2 de superficie, y cada uno de ellos alojará unas 70 máquinas, una mezcla de Comma 6 As y los nuevos terminales de videolotería.
Blueprint Gaming ha anunciado un acuerdo en virtud del cual el desarrollador de máquinas tragaperras seguirá reforzando su colaboración con William Hill. Según este nuevo acuerdo, una serie de estos juegos de excelente rendimiento, inclui- dos Cop the Lot y Super Diamond Deluxe, se ofrecerán en
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La Duma, el Parlamento estatal de la Federación Rusa, ha recibido un borrador de ley que propone asignar sitios web de juego ofi- ciales y exclusivos a las cuatro zonas de juego del país. Esta decisión supondría en la práctica la prohibición de las opera- ciones del resto de casinos online en el país.
Advantech Innocore ha presentado en la feria ENADA Primavera de Rimini un nuevo panel para el mercado italiano de Comma 6a, el DPX-E125, diseñado específicamente para dicho mercado sobre la base del set de chips Intel Atom. Con un acelerador de gráficos S3 integra- do en el panel, el DPX-E125 viene a completar la amplia gama de productos Comma 6a de la que dispone Advantech Innocore, de forma que cada panel ofrece ventajas específicas, lo que permite dar respuesta a los variados requisitos que plantean los fabricantes originales.
El Grand Falls Casino Resort, de Grand Falls (Iowa, Estados Unidos), ha seleccionado el Konami Casino Management System (KCMS) para gestionar el seguimiento de clientes habituales, la contabilidad, las campañas de marketing y los informes analíticos de sus máquinas tragaperras y juegos de mesa. Está previsto que el Grand Falls Casino Resort abra sus puer- tas en el verano de 2011 con 900 máquinas tragaperras (un 15 por ciento de las cuales serán suministradas por Konami), 24 juegos de mesa y ocho mesas de póker.
Tras un periodo de pruebas y evaluaciones exhaustivas, Star City Casino ha comen- zado a probar la Novo Unity II fabricada por Austrian Gaming Industries GmbH, una compañía 100% subsidiaria de Novomatic AG. La prueba consiste en 10 terminales para multijugador NovoStar SL1 conectados a una ruleta automática y dos mesas de ruleta en vivo.
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