News INTERNATIONAL UPDATE Solid ICE success of Quixant
Quixant continues to grow at a breath-taking pace thanks to the strength of its product portfolio
Quixant, specialist manufacturer of advanced all-in-one gaming platforms, enjoyed exceptional success at ICE Totally Gaming 2013. Quixant’s new brand image was evident, emphasised by the company's largest ever stand at the show. The benefits to Quixant’s approach of focusing exclusively on PC-based all-in- one gaming platforms for the slot machine and casino industry were evident. The depth and quality of the conversations which took place during the three days of the Show demonstrate the value customers place in working with a team of people who understand gaming and can partner with them to solve all their gaming platform needs.
The QXi-200 continues to be popular offering a superb combination of features, performance and cost. We have received significant interest in this product from Europe and South America. The flagship QX-40 has already raised the bar on performance and features, and at ICE Quixant once again demonstrated the capability to drive 10 independent screens via DisplayPort 1.2 Multi-Streaming Transport (MST).
OpenBet to take
Bally’s slots online Bally Technologies is to bring its slot content online through an agreement with OpenBet which will see the first games available this month with titles such as Vegas Hits, Tiger Treasures, Cupid and Psyche, and Mayan Treasures being released online. Utilising OpenBet's casino and centralised account, Bally Technologies will extend the reach of its top- performing land-based content to the growing online audience. OpenBet Casino will offer existing customers the ability to select and seamlessly integrate online casino content from various content providers, now including Bally. OpenBet’s device-agnostic platform will allow Bally's content to be available through operators on PCs, tablets, and mobile devices, enabling the world’s largest gaming content providers to expand their international online strategy across the globe in a safe, scalable, and reliable manner.
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“The product line- up we now have
enables Quixant to compete and win
new business on a truly global scale
as global gaming manufacturers continue to put their trust in
Quixant to satisfy their gaming
platform needs.” GARY MULLINS, Sales Director, Quixant.
The QXi-4000 has given many customers, which did not need quite the same level of performance and features as the QX-40, the ability to drive four independent HD screens and benefit from Quixant’s unrivalled gaming feature set and comprehensive software support.
Quixant also demonstrated all of its gaming platforms through Quixant’s new range of DisplayPort monitors. These are designed to be perfectly suited for gaming machine cabinets and are low power, low heat and are available in an open-frame format in a range of different aspect ratios and screen sizes.
Austria Computing Center to use ComTrade protocol
ComTrade has announced the commissioning of its G2S Protocol Engine for the Austrian Federal Computing Centre following a very competitive procurement process. Based on the Gaming Act and the electronic gaming machine ordinance of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance, the connection of electronic gaming machines and video lottery terminals to BRZ GmbH is being prepared and the operation of electronic gaming machines, up to fifteen thousand is to be monitored within the scope of the Austrian legal requirements.
G2S message protocol was chosen as an open industry communication standard, developed and maintained by the Gaming Standards Association. G2S also provides a high level of security and
data authenticity including flexibility of the monitoring of gaming machines to operators and gaming regulators.
ComTrade Gaming will deliver a module to manage communication with electronic gaming machines and video lottery terminals via the G2S standard in project in stages with the initial launch took place in January, and this will allow BRZ to start testing and trialling the new system. With the trial operation operators will have an opportunity to verify the interoperability of their gaming machines with G2S Protocol Engine before the production operation in July 2013 begins. The contract was signed for duration of five years and is automatically extended after on yearly basis, subject to the agreement of the parties.
MARKET EAST ASSOCIATES, ONE OF six bidders for Philadelphia's second casino license, has confirmed that Mohegan Gaming Advisors (MGA), a subsidiary of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (MTGA), will join it as a partner and operate the gaming/entertainment portion of the urban entertainment centre to be developed on the block of East Market Street between 8th and 9th Streets in Center City Philadelphia. Market East Associates submitted its application for a Category 2 gaming License in November 2012 and will present its overall plan to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on February 12, 2013. Previously known as Casino Philadelphia, the new name of this urban entertainment centre will be Market8.
MTGA currently operates two of the most successful gaming and entertainment destinations in the United States, Mohegan Sun in Connecticut and Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in Pennsylvania. The Authority formed MGA in 2011 to pursue additional partnerships, management contracts, and consulting agreements for casino and entertainment venues in the US.
IN A SPECTACULAR END TO THE YEAR, Bally Technologies generated record second-quarter revenue of US$238m for the three months ended December 31, 2012. Total revenue increased 13 per cent to a second-quarter record compared with $210m last year. Revenues from slot sales increased 18 per cent to $83m as compared with $70m last year, driven by higher domestic replacement sales, the shipment of 568 Canadian Video Lottery Terminals, and the shipments of units into the Illinois Video Gaming Terminal market.
Ramesh Srinivasan, Bally’s President and Chief Executive Officer, said: “Our second quarter fiscal 2013 demonstrated continued momentum in all major business areas. We are excited about our scheduled product launches over the next few months, including new wide-area progressive games featuring Hot Shot Progressive and NASCAR, as well as the recently released Pawn Stars premium daily-fee game. The Elite Bonusing Suite is gaining further traction with additional customer purchases in the second quarter. Finally, traditional domestic replacement sales were up year-over-year for the seventh consecutive quarter, based on continued acceptance of our growing library of game content and our increasing presence in video lottery. I am happy with Bally’s trajectory and the steadily increasing visibility we have into our near- and long-term future growth.”
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