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G2e07 REPORT
The mystery jackpot
that likes to reveal all
Taking its own stance on an old proverb, Progressive Gaming International was
hoping to prove that from small Acres, huge progressives grow, with its tie-in
with Acres-Fiore, coming to the fore and the floor at G2e.
progressivegaining
Terry Clarke and
Giorgio Abbiati
PROGRESSIVE GAMING
with Abbiati’s
new 13.56MHz
Progressive Gaming Interna- RFID reader
tional introduced its Casino-
link Enterprise Edition 3.0 at
this year’s Las Vegas show, the
development of which also
Top technology
allowed for the introduction
of Laboratory Loot, a new
mystery jackpot developed
from Abbiati
with Acres-Fiore.
Referred to as the Win Prox- productdriven identified its needs and how
imity Meter, this new jackpot ABBIATI powerful the technology
product aims to take player really is. But we are now
excitement to new levels by The high-end Italian casino approaching operators in
advertising when it is getting game supplier Abbiati last the European and Asian
close to being hit. PGI inter- year obtained a licence to markets with our ideas.”
national sales director Tim develop applications using Abbiati last year also
Parker explained: “Player 13.56MHz Magellan chips launched its Laser Wheel, a
excitement grows as the labo- from PGI and is now ready roulette with an in-built laser
ratory beaker bubbles ever to go to market with some sensor for very discreet ball
closer to being full. Once the of the results. tracking. The system can
Win Proximity meter reaches “13.56MHz gives a large now be linked to both
its peak, player anticipation spectrum of possibilities to displays - the company
increases as an overhead the customer,” said uses Paltronics displays -
screen displays all of the avail- managing director Giorgio and to live game terminals
able jackpot amounts before Abbiati. “Most importantly it thanks to its open protocol
finally settling on one winning offers total security, with technology.
amount. The middle jackpots chip movements throughout “We already have more
are won the most whilst the tors foreign exchange and full suite of custom branded Progressive Gaming’s Tim the casino able to be than 50 out in the market,”
system can be added to any performs banking functions. and prepackaged Jackpot and
Parker and Dave Walters
monitored. It is a modular said commercial director
SAS based machine.” Progressive will also be intro- Mystery progressives. Opera-
with Laboratory Loot
system that means you can Terry Clarke, “in area as
The Win Proximity Meter is ducing a new high speed tors enjoy the simplicity of start with just the cage diverse as Latin America,
made possible by Casinolink Player Interface Module in basic, intermediate, advanced Players can enjoy this being RFID enabled before the UK, Romania, Greece
Enterprise Edition 3.0, the the first half of 2008 with high and enterprise mystery jackpot and bonus excite- you move on to enabling say and Cyprus. Plug-in-and-
latest version of Progressive’s resolution LCD graphics and jackpot tiers while players ment more seamlessly the tables or using the play is a major factor in the
innovative suite of gaming advanced multi-media capa- enjoy a wide variety of new through the convenience of system for player tracking. wheel’s appeal, and the
management system products bilities designed to support progressive mystery jackpot the Cashless Wallet function RFID is still in its infancy: I fact that it is completely
that support every facet of a GSA’s advanced protocols. innovations including Count- that allows for account wager- don’t think the casino accurate and very
gaming operation including Russel McMeekin, presi- down Mystery, Scheduled ing by which customers trans- industry has yet really discreet.”
proprietary bonusing and pro- dent and CEO of Progressive Mystery, Happy Hour Bonus fer credits to/from a machine
gressive modules to slot, table Gaming, said: “Enterprise and the Acres-Fiore premium with a standard magnetic-
games, and server based Edition 3.0 provides opera- game enhancements featur- strip player card.
gaming management, as well tors with an unparalleled, inte- ing the Win Proximity Meter Casinolink Analytics, mean-
as account wagering, market- grated casino management mentioned above. while, aims to take data analy-
ing and cage functions. system that employs leading- The Jackpot In A Box sis to another level, whether
Built on the Microsoft.NET edge technology to manage package makes it easy to add you’re the vice president of
Framework, Casinolink Enter- all aspects of a gaming floor a jackpot to a bank of slots, vice president of tables,
prise Edition 3.0 uses on an individualised and machines to increase their general manager, CFO or
Microsoft’s business intelli- highly scaleable platform. As attraction. The four mystery regional president. Parker said:
gence solutions, including customer management themes are Mysteries of the “Our analytics module allows
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 becomes an increasingly Nile, based on ancient Egypt, for role-based decision making
and Microsoft Office Perfor- central component of main- The Caper, following a safe via its web-based dashboard
mancePoint Server 2007, to taining a high quality game cracking theme, Lost Mine with feature-rich analysis tools
create leading-edge analytic experience for players, Pro- Mystery featuring gold for casino management.”
capabilities that provide man- gressive has evolved our Casi- mining, and Money Factory. United Tote’s flagship
agement and end users with nolink system in order to McMeekin added: “Our CJS wagering terminal, the F4 was
all of the tools needed to provide innovative technol- mystery and progressive also on display at the Progres-
analyse and mine the wealth ogy solutions that seamlessly system has already estab- sive Gaming booth with a
of data collected by the serve as the essential connec- lished a strong track record demonstration of Progressive
various systems throughout tions between casino opera- for providing a high return for Gaming’s new Prime Line
the casino. Casinolink Enter- tors and their customers. We our casino customers that Sports wagering software and
prise Edition 3.0 effectively expect that the new function- have deployed it to date. This United Tote’s Enterbet soft-
monitors membership and ality and benefits derived by new innovative mystery pro- ware for pari-mutuel wager-
player tracking to validate our casino customers from gressive feature that we devel- ing running simultaneously
More than hoppers
identification, facilitates Casinolink Enterprise Edition oped with the team from from the F4 platform.
player rewards enrollment, 3.0 will stimulate an upgrade Acres-Fiore will lead to an “The F4 is a highly flexible
and toppers
analyses player performance, cycle for our current installed even higher level of entertain- solution for the multi-game
automates reporting and base while also helping to ment experience for players wagering environments that The Suzo Happ Group bought rival gaming machine parts
helps ensure responsible grow what is the industry’s and help to further grow the are found in many interna- and accessories company Starpoint last year. Now it has
gaming. In addition to its largest systems presence market penetration of CJS.” tional jurisdictions,” said Jeff just acquired Dynamics Chinatec Industries, a company near
player management features, outside of the US.” John Acres, chief execu- True, President of United Tote. Hong Kong that Happ has worked with since 1993, and it
Casinolink Enterprise Edition In addition to the benefits tive officer of Acres-Fiore, “With this technology, UT and has transferred across production of all Starpoint products.
3.0 also offers complete cage operators derive from the commented: “I’m excited to Progressive Gaming can offer “This transaction assures that we have a high-quality,
control functionality that sup- system’s robust information work with the power of Casi- a secure, user-friendly, cost- cost effective manufacturing capability that enables us to
ports multiple currencies, analysis capabilities, Casino- nolink Enterprise Edition effective platform for opera- service our customers even more effectively,” said Chuck
seamlessly integrates with link Enterprise Edition 3.0 3.0 and look forward to cre- tors looking to offer both Turnbull, president and CEO of Suzo Happ Group.
RFID Chip Inventory Systems, also enhances the player’s ating some great products sports book and pari-mutuel Frank Happ, is pictured centre, with colleagues and
controls credit levels, moni- experience by delivering a that run on the system.” wagering in the same venues.” customers from the US and Ukraine
30 January 2008 G2ereport
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