Norwegian Cruises Set Sail with Konami
Konami Gaming’s SYNKROS casino management system has been selected by Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings to help power casino operations across its world-class fleet, including a total of 3,666 slots and 289 table games. Brands include Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings selects Konami Gaming’s SYNKROS casino management system to power its fleet
NORWAY SYSTEM INSTALLATIONS
Trough the upcoming year, Konami will launch its latest SYNKROS systems technology on a total of 18 ships operated by NCLH under its three brands: Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises.
“Troughout its history, Norwegian has been recognized for bringing innovation to the cruising experience, and this undoubtedly extends to the gaming and technology conveniences found on board our ships,” said Jim Abbas, senior vice president of casino operations at NCLH. “Now, across the company’s three brands, we are continually embracing new technologies and SYNKROS has demonstrated core alignment in bringing these features to market.”
Te global cruise company first selected SYNKROS in 2012 for two of its newest cruise ships, primarily due to the platform’s reliability, marketing, and multisite capabilities. Tree years later, NCLH is further expanding Konami’s
Malta
Te International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA) and the Gaming Regulators European Forum (GREF) their joint 2016 International Gaming Summit held in Malta. Tis premier event brought together 230 leaders and regulators from all global gaming sectors, with delegates attending from 36 countries, five continents and all gaming industry sectors. “We are very pleased with this year’s recently concluded Summit,” commented IAGA President Martha Sabol. “With 21 distinct sessions focusing on topics of interest within the global gaming industry, our delegates had an excellent opportunity to expand their knowledge on critical issues and meet with their colleagues from around the world. We sincerely appreciate the collaborative efforts of our GREF conference partners, our conference planning team and the Malta Gaming Authority for their efforts in making this event a resounding success.”
system to its fleet with tools such as Money Klip™ cashless wagering, cage management, and Advanced Incentives Bonusing™.
“As technology channels and consumer expectations continue to evolve, we’ve been able to successfully leverage the SYNKROS environment in order to deliver an integrated, individualized guest experience,” said Abbas. “Trough our systems partnership with Konami, we’re bringing our customers the newest tools and features that exemplify the highly personalized experience they enjoy throughout their journey with us.”
“Konami is very pleased to continue supporting the diverse business needs of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings,” said Scott Richards, director, systems sales for Konami. “Our team has dedicated itself to preparation and efficiency as multisite conversions and new installations progress. We’ve seen strong momentum to date and look ahead to additional successes.”
jackpot levels (Mini, Midi and Super) of the connected mystery jackpot system Vega.
EGT installs first machines for Spain’s Valencia market
Spain
Euro Games Technology has made its first installation in the Spanish province of Valencia, entering Casino Cirsa Valencia, located in the capital city of the community. Officially opened in 2010, the casino is part of the Cirsa Group, receiving more than 300,000 visitors annually, and has been supplied with six P-24/24 Up cabinets. Te machines are equipped with the Multi-3 and Multi-4 multigame mixes of Premier series, each containing respectively 39 and 45 various games. In addition, players are given the opportunity to compete for one of the three
Reviewing the installation, Javier Gutiérrez, Director of Casino Cirsa Valencia said: “We wanted to add more high efficient machines to our casino floor, offering diverse games, like poker and roulette, in a single slot cabinet and that led us to choose the products of Euro Games Technology. Our guests are not only from Spain, but also from Russia, China and Bulgaria and they would enjoy this advantage. What made P-24/24 Up preferred also by our players in Valencia is the combination of its user-friendly interface, wide variety of games with different mathematic models and size of bets, as well as the fact that the audience was already familiar with EGT slot models from other casinos in the country.” EGT and Cirsa have been partners since 2015, when EGT’s team in Panama concluded several installations in the operator’s local casinos.
BULGARIA – Balkanfon, distributor for two of the largest gaming operators in Bulgaria; Sesame and Black Sea Casino, has extended its preferred supplier agreement with Crane Payment Innovations (CPI). Having already specified SC note acceptors since 2006, Balkanfon will continue to specify SC Advance on all new and existing games for at least two more years.
“Over the past decade, SC note acceptors have completely transformed the way we think about performance,” said Boris Petkov, CEO of Balkanfon. “Even after years of use, they continue to work the way they did on day one – accepting our players’ notes on the first pass while rejecting potential frauds and keeping maintenance requirements to an absolute minimum. We are more than pleased to extend our pledge to such a stable product.”
“The fact that Balkanfon continues to specify SC note acceptors after an entire decade is strong testimony to the long-term performance, and resulting benefits, of our products,” said Alan Humble, CPI sales manager for Gaming – EMEA. “We are thrilled to further build upon our partnership with Boris and the rest of his team.”
Balkanfon rents and services slots to the Black Sea Casino, the largest casino in Varna with more than 100 slots, as well as to the 20 additional locations across Bulgaria. In total, Balkanfon manages more than 1350 slot machines and automated roulette multiplayers that have been fitted with CASHFLOW SC and SC Advance note acceptors.
MALTA – GVC Holdings’ CasinoClub brand (
www.casinoclub.com) has gone live with a comprehensive live dealer games offering streamed from Evolution Gaming’s Riga and Malta studios. This is the first time that CasinoClub, which celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, has offered Live Casino to its 500,000-plus members.
Fredrik Osterberg, Chief Strategy Officer at Evolution, said that he was “delighted to welcome CasinoClub to Evolution alongside other GVC brands, such as Sportingbet, bwin and Gioco Digitale, all of whom are long-standing customers.”
Jon Salmon, CasinoClub’s spokesperson said: “We are very excited to now offer Evolution’s Live Casino, as our members have been requesting live tables game action to be added to our portfolio. A regular, lively flow of promotions, competitions, news updates and blog articles is an intrinsic part of the CasinoClub service, so we will be looking to highlight the excitement and breadth of our new Live Casino at every opportunity.”
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