ICE 2018 IGT
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f there is one predictable thing in gaming, it’s that IGT will present a stunning spread of products at an international expo. They
didn’t disappoint, with a slot line-up boosted by their incredible True 3D – sorry, True 4D – technology. The new games are absolutely brilliant, great cabinets with a marriage of established technologies that have never been combined to such effect before. Under the theme “Designed to Entertain,” IGT showed its commitment to creating diverse, market-attuned gaming innovations by showcasing more than 200 solutions on their stand. “Our ICE 2018 portfolio represents IGT’s
passion for driving the player experience forward through meaningful innovation that caters to our customers’ market-specific opportunities,” said Walter Bugno, IGT CEO International. Highlights included the CrystalDual 27/27 cabinet, making its world debut at ICE. The striking hardware represents the evolution of the company’s Crystal Hardware series and gives operators a reliable, dual-screen core
APEX gaming
continue. The buzz at the show was clear to see and this positivity could be felt very clearly during the three days at the APEX gaming stand. The Pinnacle Premium Jackpot Island made its debut at last year’s ICE and left visitors astounded on how vivid, imaginative and exciting a complete jackpot island can look. This marked the beginning of a new era for APEX gaming in this field of the industry. The Dragon Egg game fits perfectly here. The complete Pinnacle Premium 8 Jackpot Island (with two banks of 4 slots) and the Pinnacle Premium Curved 4 Jackpot Island (each slot has a 43” curved screen) were joined by a further new jackpot island – the Pinnacle Premium 4 Jackpot Island – that consists of 4 Pinnacle Premium SL slots placed in a space-saving circular design. “We have created something very special
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here that has quickly established itself in casinos around the world”, noted Kubilay Özer, Global Sales Director at APEX gaming. “We are placing our focus very strongly on the Jackpot Island solutions and are proud that we truly make a difference here.” Another product that made a real difference was the iDROPs – that was
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he ICE is a key show in the global gaming market and the response to it sets the trend of how the year can
video cabinet option for casino floors. Also on show was the CrystalCurve Cabinet, with a 43-inch curved ultra-HD 4K display. Our favourite was the CrystalCurve TRUE 4D Cabinet, with IGT’s Ghostbusters 4D and SPHINX 4D games. Housed on the CrystalCurve TRUE 4D cabinet, the games leverage glasses-free TRUE 3D, gesture recognition and mid-air haptic technologies to deliver an award-winning multi- sensory player experience. IGT also showcased its award-winning
Cardless Connect and PlaySpot mobile innovations. Both solutions are designed to enhance the land-based casino environment and give players more choices for how they enjoy their favourite casino games. The Cardless Connect technology enables casino patrons to use their smart phones to perform a variety of actions such as initiating a patron loyalty session at a slot machine, or transferring funds to and from a slot machine. With the addition of IGT’s Resort Wallet, Cardless Connect technology users can seamlessly initiate funds transfers between multiple casino properties owned by a single operator. There was so much more to see, this is really
just a taste.
Win Systems C
orporate marketing manager Oscar Giralt explained to Casino International: “ICE is a prime
opportunity to showcase our extensive product range to the gaming community and this year was no different as we experienced a very constructive show. “It was our biggest ICE to date in terms of
products on show and delegate footfall, and this enabled us to develop various business leads which we hope will come to fruition in the coming months. Feedback from visitors was very complimentary about our end-to-end solutions which can fit into all types and size of operator.” The company – which bought Slovenian ETG manufacturer Gold Club just over 12 months ago – had a strong product line-up at ICE. Oscar added: “The last few months have seen several product launches for Win Systems and many of these made their debut at ICE to much acclaim. On our systems side, Winstats was the focus. It’s ability to provide management with casino floor data at-a- glance and in real time to a mobile device is very useful for those on-the-go.
Christian Weissengruber, Kubilay Özer and Johannes Weissengruber from APEX gaming at the ICE 2018
officially launched at this year’s ICE. This completes the iDROP family (iDROP, iDROPe and iDROPs) and now offers the ideal solution for live gaming tables where high rollers like to play. Dealers are often faced with larger number of notes to handle that can be time-consuming. Not any more thanks to the iDROPs – as it can manage 250 notes (and tickets) at one time at a validation rate of 6 per second. “We have taken the iDROP to the
next level here”, added Mr. Özer. “Operators were so pleased to have this option and can now combine the different iDROP products depending on the individual table game requirements.” A further table game highlight is the
Shuffle King 6 that can automatically shuffle up to six different decks of cards – an excellent solution in this market segment with its continuous shuffling ability.
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