Focus
SOUTH EAST ASIA
Novomatic full of praise for G2E Asia and enthused by market reaction to its range
Celebrating its fifth anniversary, the event that is the focus of gaming in Asia, G2E Asia, rediscovered a widespread industry that is ready and eager for further growth. Novomatic, too, found a positive climate and enjoyed the warmest of reactions to its impressive product presentation.
Five years on and G2E Asia, whilst already established as one of the big four regional trade shows (alongside ICE in London, G2E in Las Vegas and SAGSE in Buenos Aires), needed a new emphasis in order to underline its claim to priority after two successive downturn years. The show succeeded, not under the usual criteria of exhibitors and visitors, but largely because of the huge new wave of enthusiasm generated by the recent opening of what is surely one of the finest gaming venues on earth, Galaxy Macau.
Against that background, Novomatic had a large presence at G2E Asia and left the show greatly encouraged by both the large number of enquiries and the widespread locations from which they came. Novomatic recently appointed Joe Pisano’s Jade Gaming as distributor for AGI in both Macau and Manila, with the company continuing its successful collaboration with TCSJohnHuxley in the region for multi-player products.
Austrian Gaming Industries (AGI) presented an impressive product line-up, ranging from a wide variety of video slot games and cabinets to a comprehensive electronic multiplayer installation based on NOVOLINE Novo Unity II as well as Octavian gaming systems and jackpots.
The latest Super-V+ Gaminator multi- game mixes were presented in two groups of Super-V+ Gaminator cabinets that were linked within the Octavian casino management system ACP (Accounting Control Progressives System) and connected to the latest mystery progressive jackpot theme WILD NIGHTS. The Octavian ACP TITO cashless jackpot system offers a comprehensive modular progressive range of options and has proved hugely successful in South America (Peru in particular where systems are mandatory by law and Octavian’s ACP is the system of choice).
Further Coolfire II games were displayed in a range of NOVOSTAR SL2 slant top cabinets. Available in three different modular versions this cabinet caters to the entire range of modern gaming applications: NOVOSTAR SL1 with one monitor for multiplayer installations and
Paul Gauselmann, Prof. Dr. Kurt Biedenk
Novomatic - weapon of choice Austrian Gaming
Industries’ David Orrick and Max
Lindenberg in Macau at G2E Asia.
“We recently
released Book of Ra as a downloadable play-for-fun iPod
game costing $.79 from the iTunes
Store. It has become the most popular
download in Austria with 150,000
downloads to date.
It’s testament of the desire by players to
ensure our games on whatever platform they appear.”
Max Lindenberg, AGI.
NOVOSTAR SL2 with two monitors as well as NOVOSTAR SL3. The cabinet’s attractive style is accentuated with LED illuminated details to produce elegant shining effects and provoke high guest interest including top recognition value. The ergonomic design of the NOVOSTAR SL cabinet series is further complemented by the innovative Flip Screen Feature (SL2 and SL3) that allows the guest to flip his main screen from the bottom to the top monitor and an extra start button built into the foot rest.
The NOVOSTAR SL1 was also featured for the first time at G2E Asia in a comprehensive electronic multiplayer installation based on the innovative NOVO LINE Novo Unity II system. The unique new feature of the NOVO LINE Novo Unity II system is the flexible interconnecting of a great variety of electronic live games and slot games on a virtually unlimited number of individual player stations. This multi-game functionality allows the operator to link any chosen number of terminals to different games such as roulette, baccarat,
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poker, black jack, sic bo and bingo as well as a great slot games offering; all within one installation.
The multiplayer show installation at G2E Asia comprised six NOVOSTAR SL1 terminals plus one Novo-Bar connected to the fully automated Novo Multi-Roulette™ wheel as well as a great variety of other electronic live games: Novo Flying Baccarat, Novo Flying Sic Bo, Novo Flying Black Jack plus Novo Texas Hold’em Poker and Novo Flying 3-Card Poker and a range of video slot games - all of which are available on each of the player terminals.
The NOVOSTAR display was widely noted as one of the star products of the entire show; receiving critical acclaim from show visitors from across Asia. That response, plus an increasing number of trial installations (including one at the show’s host venue, Venetian Macau) gave the AGI contingent a very strong sense that the Asian market is ready to embrace the company’s world-leading product innovations.
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