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manages both. Less cash handling is required as the machines – or just a selection – to a network which
kiosk becomes relatively self-replenishing, so labour features a jackpot system. This works in five ways,
costs are also reduced. It looks like a superb piece of with a main jackpot screen to lure players in, with up
equipment, more on this soon. to five levels of jackpot to be won. Tournament
Amatic had some interesting new games, not least Jackpot is won by the player with the highest prize
the excellent Mille Miglia Race, which was inspired by during the tournament's set time frame, which is
the famous annual Italian old-timer race for classic controlled by the operator; Happy Hour Jackpot
cars. Amatic's founder is a lover of classic automobiles, guarantees a win during its set time period, which
and so the game was born! Admiral Nelson uses the would be a great way to drive customers to your
legendary historical figure in an engaging and machines at quieter times of the day; Golden Jackpot
attractive game, while Frog Princess should appeal and Silver Jackpot are won when players hit pre-set
Europe-wide as it is based on the famed fairytale. limit values, or even a combination of symbols, or a
Crazy Bee rounds off their newer titles at ICE. combination of both – the greater number of ways to
Most interesting if their cabinets was the slant-top win makes this quite attractive to the player; and
automated roulette terminals, for remote play. They're finally, Global Jackpot, which can run over multiple
attractive cabinets, and the main appeal is the casino sites (where legislation allows), and of course
flexibility they give the operator; arrange in space gets the largest jackpot of them all.
Above: Evona’s famous automated
around the wheel, on the other side of the hall, Of their well-known Roulette product, on the stand
Roulette. Below: A fantastic topper from
wherever, however. The cabinets cleverly have a multi- Evona were showing the Octavia, Talia and Victoria,
Casino Technology. Bottom: Casino
game configuration option, so you can play Admiral all of which attracted interest, of course. A newer Technology’s superb stand.
Nelson, Bingo or Roulette, it's the player's choice. product which should do well for Evona is their Sic
On the secret side, Amatic were showing their new Bo game, for up to six players on the machine.
X3000 cabinet, which has been designed, according Also of note is Evona's BetX online betting
to Franz Plasser of the company's sales department, terminals; these have two functions. First, they play
for the Spanish market. It's a dual-monitor cabinet, pre-programmed, pre-loaded video greyhound races
and Franz explains why: "We discussed the design and for customers to bet on and second, is as a real sports
what the market needed with our agent from betting terminal.
Valencia, and this is the final result of that. Also Progressive Gaming had what was comfortably one
relevant is the price situation – we put a lot of effort of the show's busiest stands, and when one looks at
into design and high quality development. With the products on show, it's no great surprise. PGI's
research, we discovered that a slot machine without a product line is large and varied, so we'll only get to
double monitor and everything would struggle to touch on it here, but hopefully we'll give you the idea!
compete in Spain. Top of the tree, arguably, was their World Series of
Casino Technology were showing off their fabulous Poker p2p Edition game, which is a live multiplayer
Multi Gemini multi game product, which of course poker system allowing players to compete in real time. It
comes in the stylish, dual-screen Gemini cabinet. looks great and plays like a dream, and has a wealth of
The slot gives customers a choice of four fun – and options that make it extremely attractive for operators.
well established – games, in Golden Elephant, Silk PGI's Steve Allen talked us through the setup: "Instead
Quest, Purple Hot or Gold of Babylon III. The clever of being an internet poker system, which would be open
thing is that the games are not mathematically ended, this is a closed private intranet poker system
linked, so they can relatively easily be replaced or
updated. It complements the company's other multi-
game offering, Gamopolis, also in the Gemini
cabinet, but with the games Happy Kingdom, Purple
Hot, Pure Hot, Blazing Dice and Euro Poker. Both
give real value for money to the player and operator,
and are built to Casino Technology's usual high
standards both in terms of durability and aesthetics.
New games on show at ICE from Casino
Technology were dominated a little by higher-
volatility titles, like Wild Tiger, Beauty Magic, Kung Fu
Master, Coffee Magic and Ocean Delight, while the
low-volatility Peaches Riches features a classic fruit
symbols look.
The company's stand was large and impressive –
their huge blue banner stands out even in a skyline
as cluttered as that of Earls Court during the world's
most exciting casino exhibition.
Evona were showing off their GameNet Jackpot
product, an extension to their recognised core
product of automated roulette installations. GameNet
allows the casino operator to connect all their
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