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Proven German VLT products displayed at the Svet Zabavy exhibition by Merkur Gaming
Merkur Gaming and Merkur Casino again presented the latest gaming innovations on their combined stand at the Svet Zabavy 2011, held in Prague in April. This year Merkur Gaming showed its two innovative multi-games under its Games Unlimited VLT brand in the WB4 casino cabinet. The Games Unlimited VLT red with 14 premium games as well as the Games Unlimited VLT blue with 15 hot gaming systems ensure game diversity for every location. Furthermore, a chance to win up to 10,000,000 Czech crowns by playing max bet enhances the players appeal and ensures they return for more.
“We offer not only a wide variety of gripping games, featuring first-class artwork and animation, but above all our well-founded know-how for this special gaming industry segment. The unique combination of the fantastic games as well as the modern adp Gauselmann technology assures the success of our VLT products,” commented Christian Wiechert, Sales Manager International at Merkur Gaming.
Jitka Krupickova, Sales Manager at Merkur Casino, was satisfied with the response from the Svet Zabavy trade show: “The visitors expressed an enormous interest in the exhibited Merkur Gaming VLT products and called frequently on the exhibition stand. Our team was able to strengthen existing contact to our valued customers and to establish new promising ones in a very pleasant and comfortable atmosphere. The current development of the VLT system market shows that Merkur Gaming has chosen the right strategy”.
The Czech group ‘Težkej Pokondr’ gave an exclusive autograph-signing session at the stand of Merkur Casino and Merkur Gaming, which proved to be a very special highlight of the exhibition and a real magnet for the all guests.
The pioneering product for the advanced cash-handling, the ‘Merkur Dispenser 100,’ also attracted a great deal of attention. The ‘Merkur Dispenser 100’ is an innovative banknote recycler that consists of banknote reader, banknote stacker and banknote recycler. It has integrated three patented drums that can store up to 34 notes each – thus 102 notes in total can be recycled. The bank notes are not only verified during insertion but again when paid out – for maximum
The Merkur Gaming and Merkur Casino
joint stand at the Svet Zabavy proved a hub for visitors to the exhibition.
security. “We offer a high performing product and at the same time our deep knowledge and international experience in manufacturing state-of-the-art products for cash-handling. About 45,000 Merkur Dispenser 100s has been already successfully implemented on the European markets,” explains Kai Buenger, Sales Manager International for Merkur Dispenser 100 at Merkur Gaming.
APEX opens German AWP focused new subsidiary
The APEX gaming Group of Companies is to widen the choice for German AWP operators with the inauguration of a new subsidiary, APEX Germany. Udo Nickel has been appointed Sales Director to spearhead the growth and support in the market.
Johannes Weissengruber, founder and CEO of APEX gaming, commented: “APEX gaming has been invited again and again by German operators and players alike to enter the German market. Naturally we have a very strong presence in the Czech Republic as the APEX gaming group of companies operates over 90 per cent of all the gaming machines in casinos sited on the German-Czech border. We have been seeing more and more German players coming to Czech to
play on these APEX machines. Naturally, the German operators want to keep the players playing locally and so we have been inundated with calls and requests to enter
the German market.” He continued: “In Udo Nickel, we have won a very strong industry personality who not only understands the market inside-out but also is exceedingly well respected.”
“I have great respect for APEX gaming and it is a pleasure and an honour for me to be part of the team,” stated Mr. Nickel (pictured). “The time has come to grasp this opportunity and bring APEX gaming to the forefront of gaming in Germany where it belongs.” APEX Germany has two subsidiaries in Germany, strategically located in the north and the south.
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La Asociación de Máquinas Tragaperras de Finlandia (RAY) realizará una prueba con máquinas que presentan efectos tridi- mensionales, como las 3D NOVA que hay en el centro comercial Sello de Finlandia. Los jugadores de 3D Nova podrán disfru- tar de juegos de sobra conocidos para ellos, como Jokeripokeri y Kolmionoppa, pero en este caso usando gafas 3D. «Si el ensayo tiene éxito y las 3D aportan un valor añadido a la experiencia de juego, podremos empezar a desarrollar juegos 3D completamente nuevos», explicó el director de proyectos de RAY, Petri Huikko.
La empresa de loterías nacional de Eslovaquia, Tipos, que se encuentra actualmente a la espera de una decisión judicial sobre su solicitud de amparo por bancarrota, desea vender su participación en su empresa subsidiaria Casinos Slovakia. Tipos es titular del 51,32 por ciento de las acciones de Casinos Slovakia, y junto con la otra empresa propietaria, Merk Reality, ha accedido a vender el 100 por ciento de Casinos Slovakia. Casinos Slovakia opera cinco casinos, incluido el Bratislava Redoute.
CAI ha abierto el segundo establecimiento den- tro de su nueva cadena de minicasinos Vincendo en el Norte de Italia. Ubicado en el extremo oriental de la spa plaza de Merano, la construcción del nuevo local se terminó en solo cinco meses. El direc- tor, Alexander Artmann, afirmó: «Tenemos una excelente combinación de juegos, con 60 terminales de videolotería (VLT), apuestas deportivas y algunas apasionantes oportunidades de jackpot. Combinaremos todo ello con una calurosa bienvenida, un excelente servi- cio y una atractiva zona lounge con bar y cócteles.
Merkur Gaming y Merkur Casino presentaron de nuevo las innovaciones más recientes en el ámbito del juego dentro de su estand combinado en la feria Svet Zabavy 2011, celebrada en Praga en abril. Este año, Merkur Gaming expuso sus dos innovadores multi-juegos bajo su marca Games Unlimited VLT para la máquina de casino WB4. La serie Games Unlimited VLT roja, con 14 juegos premi- um, así como la Games Unlimited VLT azul, con 15 vibrantes sistemas de juego, aseguran la variedad en cualquier establecimiento. Además, la posibilidad de ganar 10 000 000 de coronas checas jugando a max bet aumenta el atractivo de cara a los jugadores y garantiza que regresen en busca de más.
Las nuevas reglas propuestas por un nuevo Tratado sobre el Juego podrían conllevar el cierre de muchas de las aprox. 10 000 salas de juego que hay en toda Alemania. En particular, los altos cargos estatales desean prohibir las salas con multi-concesión imponiendo un periodo de operación de cinco años para este tipo de salas en caso de que se apruebe el reglamento. Si esto llegara a suceder, el sector estima la pérdida de 100 000 de las 150 000 máquinas actuales de juego instaladas en salas recreativas. Los reglamentos actuales que regulan las máquinas tragaperras (AWP) son objeto de una acalorada disputa por parte de los altos cargos estatales, que carecen de control directo sobre este sector. El sector alemán de las tragaperras presenta una base federal, mientras que los casinos y las loterías tienen una base estatal.
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