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WWW.G3NEWSWIRE.COM BARONA INSTALLS KONAMI SYNKROS
San Diego casino resort selects SYNKROS as the next step in its customer-first approach to operations California - New installations
Juan Martinez, Seminole; Bill Wright, President,
Seminole HR & Casino; Tim Shortall, IGT; Robert Heck, Seminole HR & Casino
US – IGT UNLEASHES QUARTERMANIA WAP IGT has launched Quartermania slots, the much-anticipated Wide Area Progressive (WAP) housed on IGT’s stepper reel hardware, the S3000 cabinet. IGT introduced the Quartermania WAP at tribal casinos across the US including Barona Casino in Lakeside, Calif., Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn., Potawatomi Hotel & Casino in Milwaukee, Wis., and Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in Hollywood, Fla.
“IGT is confident that Quartermania delivers the ultimate mix of entertaining content, cutting-edge hardware and big jack- pot potential,” said Victor Duarte, IGT Global Chief Product Officer, Gaming. “Slot enthusiasts have enjoyed this legacy theme for years, and now they can find everything they love about the newly released version of the Quartermania game on our S3000 spinning reel cabinet.”
The Quartermania game on the S3000 cabinet is a new take on the classic community progressive that connects players with big win opportunities. When players trigger a “Quartermania” jackpot or a “Mini Mania” progressive, the game’s fun-loving, quarter-stacked icon, “Q,” stars in a syn- chronized light and sound show that is displayed across the entire bank of machines. Neighboring players are inspired to join in on the celebration, creating a high-energy party atmosphere on the casino floor.
US – GLI NAMES BONILLA Further deepening its commitment to client service and security, Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) has named gaming industry IT professional Steve Bonilla as the company’s new Engineering Development Manager.
Bonilla will act as a subject matter expert and as an advocate for clients, understanding their needs and pain points and best aligning each client with the services GLI can provide.
GLI Vice President of Global Services Ian Hughes said, “Recognizing the critical importance of IT auditing and secu- rity to our clients’ businesses, over the past three years GLI has been very carefully assembling a team of the world’s leading IT and IT security experts and building the most com- plete portfolio of professional services available. Now we are thrilled to add Steve to our team, where he will champion our clients’ needs, empowering us to provide the perfect solution for each individual situation.”
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Konami Gaming’s SYNKROS casino management system has been selected by Southern California’s Barona Resort & Casino. With 2,000 slots and more than 90 tables, Barona is installing Konami’s SYNKROS for its stability, extensive marketing capabilities, and flexible architecture to enable Barona staff to deliver exceptional customer service.
“From the most human elements to the many tech- nical pieces, Barona is focused on delivering con- venience, comfort, and entertainment value for our guests. So with customer experience as our top pri- ority, Konami’s SYNKROS was the best solution to support the future of our systems environment,” said Rick Salinas, general manager at Barona .
Barona has a proven history of innovation to enhance the customer experience. As far back as the 1990’s, Barona pioneered the industry’s first TITO system. Instead of ticket redemption kiosks, they employ teams of people with wireless handheld
TITO validators to personally deliver all awards. Continuing its long tradition of technology-delivered service improvements, Barona has now selected SYNKROS for tools like the Konetic Mobile Employee App and True-Time Bonusing Tool Kit.
“Our team evaluated all of the systems providers and determined that SYNKROS was best for on- floor casino marketing and customer loyalty, which have always been keys to our success,” said Salinas. “And looking at SYNKROS’ development cycle— with predictable annual releases resulting from a collaboration of user feature requests—we’re enter- ing this partnership with an assurance that Konami is like-minded in maintaining its customer-first approach as well.”
“This is an important milestone for SYNKROS and we are excited for the opportunity to work alongside industry leaders like the Barona team to help inno- vate and explore new opportunities for player engagement and convenience,” said Steve Sutherland, COO and EVP at Konami. “In fact, Barona was Konami’s first customer in the US, dat- ing back to 2000. The leadership at Barona have always been tremendous partners and we look for- ward to empowering them with some creative new ways to reach and retain expanding audiences.”
US MGM Chairman Jim Murren has said that the Strip’s biggest casino operator has no plans for any new gaming floors in North America’s leading gaming market. Whilst MGM expands elsewhere with an $800m project in Springfield, Massachusetts, a $1.25bn resort in National Harbor, Maryland and a $2.9bn property on Macau’s Cotai Strip, construction work in Las Vegas will focus solely on no-gaming amenities. These will include the US$350m, 20,000-seat sports and entertainment arena behind New York-New York in partnership with arena developer AEG and The Park, an open-air retail and dining venue between New York-New York and Monte Carlo.
GLiCloud now in use by 52 clients at 116 locations
NEVADA The GLiCloud inventory manage- ment and tracking system from Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) has surpassed a monumental milestone. More than 100,000 games are now attached to the system in North America, which is used by 52 clients at 116 locations.
“In conversations with operators and regulators, one request kept arising: they needed a more accurate, more cost-effective way to manage their casino floor inventory. So we committed our top engineering R&D resources
and created the GLiCloud system. It is field-proven to save time, save money, increase compli- ance and eliminate human error. We are thrilled to reach this milestone and are committed to further our research and devel- opment efforts to continue to help our clients improve their efficiencies and compliance,” said GLI Development Manager and GLiCloud Project Lead David Elmore.
GLIiCloud is a modern inventory management and tracking sys- tem that allows operators and regulators to quickly and instant-
ly check regulatory status of components on the entire casino floor, all in real-time.
Powered by the web portal GLIAccess and easily accessible with the mobile app GLI Mobile, GLiCloud ensures compliance by delivering updates for every component on the entire casino floor in real-time. The automa- tion eliminates human error, thereby further increasing the level of compliance.
Additionally, because status
updates are delivered automati- cally, the property saves labor time and associated costs. GLiCloud operates on any mobile device, so regulators/casino staff can receive updates and confirm status from anywhere, anytime.
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