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BetStone’s focused investment in new technology was front stage at the ICE Totally Gaming show
BetStone’s Cloud based management software, XGS System, continued to evolve at ICE Totally Gaming providing access to real time information from any location at any time. Marketing Manager Eileen Stephens explained how its enhanced functionality XGS System allows it to be fully accessible via the Cloud offering a number of modules including enhanced cashier and player tracking functions, greater business analysis, and additional machine management.
“BetStone can now bring cost effective solutions to gaming venues of all sizes,” she said. “We’ve invested in both technology and content, including recent game releases including Thunderstruck II, and Mega Moolah as well new games such as Untamed Bengal Tiger.”
Thunderstruck II is a 5 reel, 243 Ways, video slot, featuring the character Thor and backed up by some impressive digital sound effects. It’s already out in Latin America where its range of benefits, such as Wilds and Expanding Wilds, four different Bonuses, Scatter action, a variety
Evolution and 888 first historic spin
Evolution Gaming, a specialist in video- streamed Live Dealer gaming, has launched an historic first with 888’s Spanish Live Roulette, making the first international online operator to offer a Live Roulette service for Spain’s newly regulated market. Broadcasting from Evolution’s Live Roulette studio facilities at Casino Rincon de Pepe in Murcia, 888 becomes the first operator to stream live dealer roulette games on the Internet from a licensed land-based casino in Spain. The service, now live at
www.888.es and hosted by native Spanish dealers, streams live games, 16 hours a day, seven days a week, to online players. 888’s move into online Live Roulette follows the company’s widely reported successes in Spain’s new
dot.es market. 888Poker and 888casino went live in Spain in June.
RENE ́ HUIBERS and HARALD
WAGEMAKER seal Greek distribution deal with THANASIS MICHAIL of Million King.
EILEEN STEPHENS, Marketing
Manager, BetStone.
“We’ve invested in both technology and content,
including recent game releases including
Thunderstruck II, and Mega Moolah
as well new games such as Untamed Bengal Tiger.”
of Free Spin rewards, Multipliers and absorbing Free Games have proved popular. BetStone also offers access to some of the largest and most played wide area progressive games.
BetStone was showing its four-tiered progressive Mega Moolah at ICE, a game that is performing strongly in Europe and Latin America. This five reel, 25 payline multiple coin game, with a Wild, doubles the win when substituting, scatters which trigger 15 Free Spins where wins are tripled and which can be re-triggered, and a four tiered progressive, where the player will win a single progressive amount.
Batumi casinos operations in jeopardy of gaming ban
The Georgian government is considering proposals to prohibit gaming in the country. Zurab Tkemaladze, Chairman of Industrial Economics in the Georgian National Parliament commented that the case can be developed to instigate a countrywide ban by maintaining that gambling is dangerous for society, especially for the financial future of citizens. The proposal to ban gambling has escalated from an earlier plan to limit the advertising of gambling establishments, which received majority support in the parliament.
Opposing the change is the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, Giorgi Kvirikashvili, who said that the work of
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gaming companies in the country will not be limited. He added that the government is working to update gambling legislation, but improvements will not ban legal institutions. “In my personal opinion, in no event shall there be a limiting of casinos as they are vital to the financial stability of the hotel sector in Georgia.”
However, as part of his current re-election campaign, Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has proposed the closure of all existing casinos in the resort town of Batumi on the Black Sea coast in Adjara. Mr. Ivanishvili said: "Tourists are not attracted to these institutions, they just spoil the image of the country. In addition, the state gets only one per cent of the profits from this area."
SUZO-HAPP SIGNED A DISTRIBUTOR and support contract with Million King of Greece during the ICE. Million King has grown to become an essential company within the Greek gaming industry and has already sealed partnerships in further gaming segments to support the Greek market in its progression towards VLT gaming. Thanasis Michail, the Managing Director of Million King, stated: “We naturally foresee a strong future demand for gaming components. It goes without saying that we are providing a major service to the Greek gaming market by having a local distribution and service base here in Greece for the vast products and solutions Suzo-Happ offers”. Harald Wagemaker, Sales Director of Suzo-Happ EMEA, adds, “With Million King, we have found a very professional and experienced partner to support the Greek market.”
ESTERLINE CORPORATION, A SPECIALITY manufacturer serving aerospace, defense and industrial markets, has acquired Gamesman, a privately held gaming equipment components and systems manufacturer in the UK. Dennis Staver, Platform President for Esterline Interface Technologies, said, “Gamesman expands Esterline’s capabilities and market reach with a strong leadership team, great products and an important portfolio of customers in key markets.” He added, “We believe our combined operations will both improve our ability to serve current customers, and present an even more compelling partner for OEM manufacturers in this growing market.”
THE BATTLE BETWEEN COLOGNE AND Dusseldorf over the awarding of a fifth land-based, casino licence to be awarded in the German state of North Rhine- Westphalia, in the west of the country, is over. Cologne, the state's largest city, has been named as the location of the new licence. The launch of a fifth licence was approved by the ruling coalition between the Social Democrats and the Greens back in November 2012. The state already boasts casinos in Aachen, Bad Oeynhausen, Duisburg and Hohensyburg, all operated by Westspiel. The operation of the new casino has been granted to German operator, Westspiel, which expects to open the new casino with 320 slot machines in 2016.
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