ICE REVIEW – MERKUR GAMING
noting that all three show days had been superbly attended and that the entire Merkur team had been extremely busy in terms of customer visits and enquiries, across all three show days. Merkur’s ICE headline display covered both the International and German domestic markets by featuring the latest Linked Progressive Jackpot attractions Link Zone 2 now with enhanced software and a brand new range of four game titles, The legend of FuLu Chen, China Charms, Solar Link and the all-new Five. Also new is the futuristic styled Zonic cabinet that has its own Zone on the ICE booth, featuring the Red Pocket Jackpot and the arcade gaming hit title, Merkur Mystery Jackpot. Merkur Gaming was, as always, supported extensively by other members of the gaming family. Colleagues from Spain’s Merkur Dosniha, led by CEO Carlos Chacon, featured the full range of their market specific product portfolio and reported an exceptionally strong level of customer enquiries. While the Netherlands, a hugely successful market for Merkur, also has its own dedicated area of the ICE booth, showing top game titles, for both casino and arcade applications. A recent slot performance and analytics poll conducted by Eilers & Krejcik highlighted the M-Box Trio and its multigame content as the number 1 performing cabinet in the survey’s featured Holland Casinos location, running at 4.89 times floor average. Having shown impressive growth and performance, even through Covid affected times, Merkur’s UK subsidiary Blueprint presented its Avante Trio, Auroramax, Ultramax and Alpha Trio cabinets; each exhibiting powerful games collections that proved enthralling for all the home visitors to ICE, and those far beyond. Cash handling gurus, GeWeTe also had a
very successful ICE. The specialists in cash handling technology, GeWeTe displayed a huge selection of their market leading products, including a new addition to their Cash Center range, the Cash Center Backloader. Merkur eSolutions presented its eSolutions terminal that allows customers, and their customers, rapid and seamless access to value-added online services. The company’s paylado ewallet attracted great interest at the show, presenting what is described as the ‘easiest way to turn cash into e-money’. Also, in the iGaming space, online gaming specialists edict egaming, based in Hamburg, Germany, and with almost a quarter century’s experience, had
in 2021 launched and now proudly displayed at ICE its Aggregator Solution that integrates various world class content providers into the edict platform. Edict continues to make great progress in Latin America and confirmed at ICE that March will see them exhibit at the GAT even in Cartagena, Colombia. Three exhausting but hugely satisfying
from a business point of view show days all combined to make the return of ICE an enormous success for Merkur. A sentiment clearly expressed by Sakis Isaakidis. “ICE was a truly excellent show, on all levels. We
were all, exhibitors, customers, business partners and guests, able to celebrate one of the international gaming industry’s premier events. It was hard work, for everyone, but the sense of satisfaction that was so widely apparent by the end of the show. I want to thank the entire Merkur team for the work that they delivered during ICE. WE all did our job, the customers played their vital part and the overall result was simply outstanding. Taking everything into account I think we can all agree that 2023 was the best ICE… ever: Many Happy Returns, indeed!”
MARCH 2023 49
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88
