Review APEX GAMING APEX gaming’s signature
innovations were displayed at ICE, including the new iDROP
Gaming innovations came thick and fast on the APEX gaming stand at ICE. Alongside APEX’s top-of-the-line Pinnacle gaming machines, brand new solutions were premiered that showed the breadth and diversity of the Austrian manufacturer’s quality product range. With a strong operating base, APEX gaming understands the challenges operators face on a day-to-day basis. It is this expertise that allows APEX to develop solutions focused on solving problems and increasing efficiencies that also ensure they enthuse players.
The Pinnacle gaming machines – both the upright Pinnacle and slant top Pinnacle SL – are proven in the marketplace. Visually striking, the inner workings are the stuff to make technicians’ hearts sing. The patented cooling system keeps components that often have to run 24/7 at an optimal temperature. Furthermore, impure air and tobacco smoke deposits are also quickly expelled. These systems allow APEX gaming machines to offer continuous operation.
The games packages for operators to choose from continues to grow and at ICE APEX introduced the Multi Magic VI, a new suite of intuitive, very simple to understand games introduced to complement the feature rich games for which APEX is renowned. One such example is Four Towers – where the gaming entertainment revolves around a single spinning reel, while 3D games were on display on the EVO platform.
The third generation of the Quikker was shown at the ICE show in London, with this third iteration aimed at the Asian marketplace. Quikker can be operated as a live game, semi-live or fully automated. “You can change the options depending on your dealer shifts, switching between live, semi-live and automated as is needed,” explained APEX’s Nenad Savic at ICE. “This latest version of Quikker also features a slightly higher resolution screen and comes with an international display option, which simplifies the information on-screen enabling Asian players to find the most important info as quickly as possible. We can support up to 60 terminals running from a single table and with Quikker’s unique combination of black jack and roulette, players can win big prizes playing this game.”
Keeping pace with the popularity of card games around the world, demand for automatic card shuffling machines is also growing strongly. APEX has invested its
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JOHANNES WEISSENGRUBER,
founder and CEO of APEX gaming
pictured with the iDrop at ICE.
The new Apex App - Slot Challenge - is a remote server- based game,
allowing operators to stage
tournaments.
Players can buy credits to win
additional credits or prizes and rank on the leaderboard.
Available from the Apple iStore and later this year from
Android, the current APEX App has been downloaded
300,000 times from the App Store. The most downloads have come from the US, Germany
and Australia, with Russia in a close fourth place.
Players buy credits, buying into the
tournament for a $1. Operators set the start and end date.
energies into creating a solution by popular demand. The Shuffle King II is an automatic card shuffler that shuffles a full deck of cards in 30 seconds. If a further deck of cards is used, then the waiting time is reduced to zero. Fast card games require quick shuffling machines and the Shuffle King II is truly the king in its own right in this segment.
A further important function focused upon by APEX is the support of table games croupiers. The secure handling of money and acceptance of tickets at the table has been a point of inefficiency within the industry. Not any more. The iDROP enables croupiers/dealers to place banknotes in a bulk note feeder (up to 30
TOP OF THE DROPS
at a time) for each then to be automatically and individually entered into the banknote reader. Each note is secured and validated and the information immediately accessible. The iDROP links with all SAS systems. The ticket printer allows players to have complete flexibility. Should they wish to play with a part of the ticket value – no problem. The remaining value is then paid out as a ticket. Security, speed, flexibility and accountability are just some of the benefits for operators. The iDROP brings ticket-in, ticket-out to table games and can motivate player transgression between slot machines and table games.
Finally, the Magic Mobile application from APEX now has further exciting new features. This app for IOS will from March 2013 onwards be linked to tournaments. Player buy-ins can further increase wins, while the very useful ‘Find APEX’ feature remains with the ability for players to find the nearest land-based APEX games, ensuring that APEX is bringing mobile and land-based gaming together.
Johannes Weissengruber, founder and CEO of APEX gaming, commented at ICE Totally Gaming: “Once again we have introduced a whole range of innovations. Our experience and fundamental knowledge on gaming operations puts us in very strong position. I am particularly pleased that out table game solutions – the iDROP and Shuffle King II – proved to be so popular at ICE.”
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