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Merkur Gaming Collaborates with IG Merkur Gaming and Independent Gaming join in a global technology
collaboration to produce Bluestar, an innovative bench upright poker machine
Merkur Gaming and Independent Gaming reveal cooperation over Bluestar poker machine at the AGE show in Sydney
GERMANY CASINO SUPPLIERS
Wolfram Dahlström (CEO, ICM) and Miikka Mäki (Table Game specialist, Casino Helsinki)
FINLAND – RAY (Finland’s Slot Machine Association) operator of the lone international casino and 200 restaurant table game locations plus multiple arcades around the country, is updating its arcades with live casino tables including black jack- roulette and poker, chosing to extend their collaboration with Swedish casino distributor ICM Casino management AB (ICM) with the purchase of gaming chairs manufactured by Italian chair manufacturer, StylGame.
Gaming specialist, Table Games, Miikka Mäki (Casino Helsinki) said: “We are very satisfied with the models and quality of the chairs from StylGame and also the service that ICM provides.”
CEO (ICM) Wolfram Dahlström commented: “We have supplied Casino Helsinki since 2005 and it has been a successful collaboration. When we had the opportunity to equip both Casino Helsinki and the slot arcades that RAY have chosen for a special project, we felt very humbled and we are determined to continue to give RAY our best service and provide top quality products.”
Managing Director (StylGame) Luigi Iulita added: We are much honoured to supply RAY with our interchangeable product line and we thank our exclusive distributor ICM for doing a great job in this region. Having delivered 100s of chairs to RAY it is an acknowledgment of our continuous efforts in R&D in order to keep improving the quality level of our chairs for the casino and gaming environment.”
UK – SIS has appointed Mike Jones as Director of Software Engineering following a successful interim period. In his newly created role, Mr. Jones is responsible for driving transformation in the way that
SIS produces software to underpin SIS’ diversifying and innovative product offering.
His career in software development spans more than 30 years, including experience with major brands such as London Underground, Barclays, Logica, ABB and Alstom. He joins the company from his latest role at Sony PlayStation.
Working closely with SIS teams in London and Salford, Jones will be based at SIS’ headquarters in Milton Keynes. SIS Chief Executive Gary Smith welcomed Jones to the company and said he was eager to see him apply his many years’ experience in the field to help the diversification of SIS’ product suite.
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Speaking at the opening of the 2016 Australasian Gaming Show (AGE) in Sydney, Australia, Lawrence Shepherd, founder and managing director of Independent Gaming unveiled the result of a technology co-operation between his company and Merkur Gaming.
Mr. Shepherd said proudly: “I predict that Independent Gaming’s all new bench – upright poker machine, Bluestar, will be as much of an icon for Australian gaming as Sydney’s Harbour Bridge and Opera House are for tourism.”
Te brand new Bluestar is an innovative bench – upright poker machine; the result of a lengthy technology collaboration between Independent Gaming, Australia’s only fully independent gaming manufacturer and a company with a 30 years history of success and Germany’s undisputed marketer leader in both gaming technology and tradition, Merkur Gaming, a member of the Gauselmann Group.
Te technical collaboration between Independent Gaming and Merkur Gaming uses a modified to Australian requirements Merkurstar
cabinet, manufactured in Germany, and Independent Gaming’s market specific Australian technology to house an entirely new game range created specifically for local players.
Te combined German/Australian technology that is packed into the all new Bluestar has giant 25” crystal screens enhanced by the machine’s attractive neon light show and the sound system that Merkur Gaming call Wow sound capability. Bluestar is already, after the enthusiastic reception given by first day attendees at AGE, being described as ‘a game changer’ for the Australian market.
Charles Hiten, Merkur Gaming’s Chief Executive for the Americas, said: “Tis intercontinental collaboration agreement demonstrates that Merkur Gaming is not at all bound by conventional thinking. By making available our market leading innovation and our manufacturing ability, and by working hand-in- hand with Independent Gaming to achieve the Australian market specific product that they needed we have, together, worked from concept to reality … and the results are truly stunning.”
SG Gaming signs three year agreement with Gala Bingo
UK
SG Gaming has signed a new three year agreement with Gala Bingo to provide terminals and industry leading content across their estate.
Te agreement sees Gala Bingo investing in a further 750 of SG Gaming’s HD T8 terminals in venues across the UK, enhancing Gala’s already competitive gaming machine offer. Te three year agreement builds on a highly successful long-term relationship between the two companies, extending the partnership to September 2019. It means Gala will operate over 2,000 Triple 7
and T8 connected terminals across their estate, with access to SG Gaming’s leading Barcrest content library. Te agreement sees SG Gaming continue its supply of industry leading content across the Gala estate allowing customers to play feature rich titles and player favorites from the Barcrest, WMS and Bally gaming brands.
Phil Horne, CEO of SG Gaming, said: “We have enjoyed a successful relationship with Gala Bingo for over 25 years through Barcrest and SG Gaming, and I am delighted that this extension will see the partnership continue to evolve. Tis latest agreement demonstrates SG Gaming’s strengths in delivering industry leading content as well as innovative terminal solutions for our customers. We look forward to continuing our work with Gala Bingo, helping drive cashbox growth, while providing an excellent experience for their customers.”
Sweden
StakeLogic has entered into a partnership with Betsson that will see its leading online slot games offered to Betsson’s players. Together with the launch of the first titles a few weeks ago, this new deal will help StakeLogic further increase its market share. StakeLogic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Greentube and part of Novomatic Interactive, specialises in the development and sublicensing of high-end 3D HTML5 casino games. StakeLogic is known in the online gaming industry as a fairly new entrant of the Novomatic Group and has already been able to increase its footprint in the online entertainment sector as a provider of high-quality slot games covering remarkable themes and exciting features. Betsson showed great interest in StakeLogic’s portfolio, which was followed by the recent launch of the first StakeLogic games on Betsson’s own brand:
https://casino.betsson.com.
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