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2012 Report
Lighting the way forward with Gaming Support
Netherlands-based Gaming Support’s speciality is drilling down into casino operations to develop products that really improve efficiency, save costs and drive revenues. This year at ICE, it outdid itself with a range of surprising innovations.
realsupport GAMING SUPPORT
There are some products you look at and say, “Why didn’t I think of that?” Systems and equipment supplier Gaming Support had just one of those on display as a prototype on its stand at ICE.
Alur is a gaming card table with an apparently blank surface, however, the layout is underlit by LEDs - technol- ogy that several manufactur- ers have used to great effect on roulette. The genius of this application is that the LEDs can create any type of gaming layout and change it simply at the touch of a button, a great space saver with no more swapping or flipping table surfaces. “It is still a prototype but
we are developing it quickly,” said Phil O’Toole, Gaming
Support’s table games product manager. “We will soon have the table designed to be an elegant application. What it will mean is that man- agers can change a table’s function on demand in an instant to any game they want: the system can also make sure the casino’s brand- ing is prominent on the layout. It allows huge added functionality as well: for example, if a player wants to leave the table for a few moments, their position can be locked out and reserved. It can also be linked into our jackpot systems to offer the operator all the added bene- fits of side-bets.” O’Toole added: “We were
so excited about the poten- tial of this product, we decided to bring it to the show in its prototype form. Even at this stage of develop-
ment, we’ve had a great response, particularly from UK casinos and of course cruise ships where space is a real issue.” The Alur was just one of
the range of innovative prod- ucts that Gaming Support was offering, including the Bonus Box, which is now getting established in the market place with an impor- tant installation recently at Resorts World Sentosa. Having tangible prizes at eye level, triggered by a mystery bonus event is a real appeal: it can be attached to any make of slot machine and is proven to improve revenues where it has been installed. The company also exhib-
ited its Agility ultra-slim and lightweight casino signs for the first time at ICE. “It’s a revolutionary new signage technology that
Gaming Support’s prototype Alur table, which offers ultimate flexibility in the table games offer
took more than a year to research and develop,” said marketing manager Damien Connelly. “Agility combines the aesthetics of traditional signage with the efficien- cies of state-of-the art indus- trial plastics and microelectronics.” Like the company’s tradi- tional metal signs, Agility is built to order. However, Agility signs use an exclu- sively researched closed cell foam board that can be fin- ished in any material of the customer’s choosing, such as paint, foil and polished aluminium. Agility signs have a short standard lead-time of two to four weeks, offer sig- nificant reductions in pro- curement and transport costs, require 30 to 50 per cent less power, and with their universal mounting brackets or telescopic pole- mounts allow very easy installation. It can convert between single- and double- sided and can be refaced simply by sliding the plex out, offering flexibility if games change. There are also optional startube, neon and rotation modules available. “Agility was researched and developed by our in- house signs experts so it’s with good reason that this lower cost, faster and easier signage option has been so well received by our Euro- pean clients; especially Lot- tomatica and Cogetech in the fast-expanding Italian market,” said Connelly. “It is a new signage paradigm for the workhorse signs on the gaming floor.”
Triple Crown gets GLI approval
royalroulette TRIPLE CROWN
Triple Crown, the Serbian manufacturer part-owned by eastern European betting giant Mozzart Bet, was once again showcasing its epony- mous three-wheel electronic roulette at the Earls Court show.
Numerous modifications
were made to the product last year, including the addition of a new game canopy and over- head statistic screens for
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player. Now, in time for ICE 2012, said the Triple Crown spokesman Zoran Puhac, the company’s flagship roulette has obtained the all-impor-
tant GLI approval. Also on show at ICE 2012
was Triple Crown’s new, small format, single player roulette machines. The sit-down
Triple Crown’s Zoran Puhac on the stand
machines have a unique design and come in at an affordable price point for operators.
“The cabinet is not expen- sive, but includes an innova- tive software solution that allows operators to monitor the game,” Puhac said. “We are targeting markets
around the world and recently entered the Dutch market for the first time. We are also seeking new distributors, par- ticularly for the Far East market.”
Suzo-Happ president and CEO James Brendel with the explosive
Celebration Topper
Celebrating the right choice
explosivefun SUZO-HAPP
Undoubtedly the firm with the greatest number of products for sale of any in the gaming industry is Suzo-Happ: the Dutch-US company offers a huge range of in-house-designed and manufactured compo- nents, as well as distrib- utes those made by some of the top names in the industry.
Suzo-Happ’s innova-
tions feature in many of the top-line products on the OEM stands, however, many of its products can also be retrofitted to create added impact on the casino floor.
Its latest is the Celebra- tion Topper, which received its European launch at ICE after five years being developed and perfected. Interfacing with the SAS Jackpot line of the slot machine, when the selected level of a jackpot it achieved, the topper trig- gers a ‘celebration event’. That can include a video message on the 15.6-inch LCD display, customisable by the casino, light pipe LEDs rising from the top of the topper, flashing LEDs on each side, loud alarm and celebration sounds and, most spectacularly - and messily of all - a burst of confetti from a confetti launcher located in the topper.
“Some casinos really like the mess!” said global engi-
neering director Colin Crossman. “It’s an adver- tisement for a hot machine - the evidence of a win is really important in encour- aging players.
Some
casinos of course don’t want confetti all over the place but they do want to let everyone know when there’s been a big win. That’s why we have made the Celebration Topper configurable in so many different ways.” Toppers of every stripe
are a speciality of Suzo- Happ, coming in a com- plete range of shapes and sizes. They can be linked together to highlight how a bank of gaming machines belongs together. Cascad- ing and other ways of linking the toppers can be programmed. “Our portfolio of topper
range offers real strength in depth,” said Crossman. “It includes LCD, video, disc and reel toppers with the latest versions able to be integrated into the game play and thus provide slot machine manufacturers a further gaming level.” The company was also demonstrating its other recent innovations includ- ing a flip-card unit that can a touch of reality to machine poker, the RGB Handle Mechanism that offers an enticing and stylish way to light up the dark corners between machines plus a whole range of new button solu- tions.
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