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ICE2008 REPORT
X marks the slot for
For comfort and
Casino Technology’s
convenience
eyespeeled industries, Dallmeier has
DALLMIER taken a special interest in the
continued growth
casino industry, developing
German surveillance CasinoCam, a version of its
specialist Dallmeier is Cam_inPix technology that
keeping casino security comes with specially
workers happy with a new developed presets that
A map of Casino Technology’s growth over the last decade would be covered in big X’s
ergonomically designed ensure top quality imaging
as the Bulgarian slot and electronic roulette manufacturer has spread its wings across
keyboard and video in casino environments.
the globe. X was certainly marking the spot this year, with X-Win, a video-slot game
management centre that is There are four: a roulette
modular, being adaptable to preset, a preset for the
featuring a totally innovative multi-slot concept.
both right- and left-handed wheel, one for poker tables
operators and intuitive. and one for slots.
xfactor as a prevalent product range “Our intention is that video “CasinoCams see colour a
CASINO TECHNOLOGY
within their locations in operators should be able to great deal better than other
Romania. Having installed do almost everything with cameras on the market,” said
Despite new multi-games 130 Gemini units with 50 their hands on the joystick, Biersack. “This is crucial
and the European launch of QCM JP systems up until Sep- keypad or jog-shuttle,” said when needing to resolve
PlayMe roulette, the piano tember 2007, a new agree- sales manager Karheinz disputes involving chips on
entombed electronic ment has been signed for 400 Biersack. “It means that the roulette table, say. Cards
roulette system, it was X-Win Casino Technology new operators can react quickly are much easier to identify
which was writing the head- video-slots to be installed to events and review on a range of backgrounds
lines on the stand of Casino within the next eight footage.” and the real problem of
Technology. months. Another emerging Although its digital overexposure because of
This video-slot features a market for us is Georgia cameras are used in bright flashing lights in slot
totally innovative multi-slot where we recorded our first surveillance in many machine areas is eliminated.”
concept where the main encouraging results by estab-
screen is divided on to five lishing close co-operation
‘mini-slots’, each one featur- with Grand Casino chain,
ing three reels and five Europa Club, Flamingo Club
winning lines. and Sunset Clubs with a total
Casino Technology direc- number of a couple of
tor Sonia Nikolova said: hundred machines installed,
“We’re pretty excited about along with QCM JP system.
X-Win which represents a We are also very proud of our
concept totally new to the newly found collaboration
industry in terms of screen with ILP (International
design and bonus system. Leisure Project), a joint
This product has at least three venture between Merkur
key points that we believe Casino and Bar Game, who
will make a great impact on started a chain of avangarde
the successful slot mix: first, electronic casinos in Bul-
Karlheinz Biersack of Dallmeier with
there is the multi-slot garia, and Casino Technology the ergonomic video operation board
concept, where the main has been chosen to supply a
screen is divided on five sep- half part of the slot equip-
arate ‘mini-slots’, each one ment there.”
featuring per three reels and
Sona Nikolova with Golden
A significant number of
five winning lines. By press- Bird on the Gemini Casino Technology products
ing the Start button the player have been also sold in GKit lays out
spins simultaneously all the Ukraine, both for casinos and
reels from the five mini-slots explained. “The range of Atlas been quite popular in a range gaming arcades, where
and they collect the wins games, released in 2007, of countries, including Peru, Casino Technology claims to
its stall
from all of the mini-slots offered a very good visual Colombia,hold about 40 per cent share
respectively.” appeal and received great Panama,Venezuela, Chile, of the gaming market in the foam4U
From a technological acceptance in the market, Ecuador, Uruguay and country. GKIT
point of view one of the main but this was just a transitional Argentina. The number of During 2007 Casino Tech-
concerns in 2008 for the stage for our video-slot devel- interested clients grows day- nology products reached “It’s been a great debut for GKit,” said owner Martin Britton.
company is the integration opment and the new games by-day and so does the range new locations in Kazakhstan, “It’s been a really good show that has generated a lot of inter-
of its video slot products to a will have a lot more benefits, of products we are able to Kirgistan, Armenia, Baltic est in the products. Of all of them the key highlight has been
range of systems, enabling including 16:10 aspect ratio offer them. Now a significant States, Northern Cyprus and our layout that comes with an integrated foam backing. And
them to offer full conven- with more user friendly inter- part of our video-slot library Cambodia. “We should also almost all that interest has come from outside the UK.” GKit
ience and flexibility for slot face, offered with the most has been adapted to the mention a couple of success- supplies a range of casino equipment designed by Britton,
operators and maximum ease refined graphic quality and Spanish language, and the ful projects held in Africa, who has many years of inventing and development experi-
and comfort for the players. colour splendour possible number of games available including different locations ence behind him, including roulette wheel readers, displays
“Apart from supporting the nowadays. During the second for the Latin American market in Tanzania, Kenya and and layouts. “I think customers have seen here a quality
biggest number of jackpots, half of the year we are prepar- has increased to 30.” Surinam,” Nikolova added. approach to the whole business.”
our Gemini line is now com- ing to launch two brand new Traditionally, Casino tech- “We also have concentrated
patible with a couple of models, in the Slant top and nology does very well across on exploiting in full the pos-
GKit’s Martin Britton
world-renowned manage- Upright range accordingly.” the whole Balkan and Eastern sibilities of Central European
ment systems, including the Nikolova described 2007 European region. “We are markets where we have been
ACE system, Progressive as a huge success. “We devel- really proud of the fast break- making permanent progress
Gaming International’s oped several new key through that we made in from year to year. Especially
system, Atronic’s cashless markets, including countries Romania, where we achieved popular, there are our multi-
system and IGT’s TITO,” from Latin America, Eastern top sales record during the games like Gamopolis and
Nikolova said. Europe and Asia through to last year, accomplishing Multi-Gemini proving
The other key product our newly opened represen- installations in numerous popular along with a range of
evolution during 2008 will tative offices in Lima, Peru, casinos of the major opera- video-slots from the Gemini
see the launch of a couple of Bucharest, Romania and Bis- tors, including: Golden series in countries like
new developments within chkek, Kirgistan,” she Palace, Max Bet, Ritzio Group, Hungary, Czech Republic,
Casino Technology’s video explained. Top Games, Viva! Group, and Slovakia and Austria.”
slot machine range. “Our “In September 2007, we Olympic Casino group,” All this without a mention
plans for 2008 include the opened a new representative Nikolova explained. “Our of PlayMe, the electronic
development of a next gener- office in Lima, Peru appoint- strategic partner is Million roulette piano innovation
ation video slots, using a new ing a team of five people, who Casinos - the Romanian launched in Las Vegas. It is
gaming platform, which is are aiming to provide direct branch of the Russian giant continuing to turn heads and
even more reliable and pow- service to clients from the Ritzio, who’s given high eval- according to Nikolova, is con-
erful than our previous PC- whole region. During the last uation of the Gemini slot tinuing to fill order books in
based Atlas,” Nikolova few years our games have machines line, by choosing it 2008.
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