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Aristocrat boosts
TableMAX gains more ground
Genting Stanley’s
customer service
Aristocrat
Technologies T
ableMAX has received GLI deal to represent TableMAX’s line of
poker tournament
certification for its Caribbean products to casino customers in ten
Stud poker electronic table US States. It is the first time that
Europe has game. The company’s Progressive Reel Games has offered electronic S
anntu Leiononen and Hannu
Korva, two friends who
travelled from Finland to enter
appointed of Blackjack game was the first to be table games in its product portfolio. the first Genting Stanley National
David Daniel to certified. Other games due to be And TableMAX and Galaxy Poker Championships in the UK,
the newly- submitted to GLI or that are Gaming, the second largest were the last two players in the final
created post of pending certification include developer of table games in the game. They each walked away with
Customer Services Manager. Caribbean Draw Poker, Bonus world, have signed an exclusive £27,800, having agreed to split the
Daniel is a veteran of Britain’s Blackjack and Texas Hold ’Em letter of intent that will bring prize money before playing for the
Royal Air Force, where he served 21 Bonus Poker. Galaxy’s library of proprietary game trophy, bragging rights, and a
years as an Administrator in a career TableMAX CEO Stephen Crystal content to TableMAX’s proprietary potential seat in a future event.
that included tours of the Falkland said: “This is very exciting news. electronic table game technology. Hannu Korda took the title with a
Islands and Kosovo. Caribbean Stud Poker is widely Included in the letter is Galaxy’s high card.
More recently, he gained valuable recognised as the game that Lucky Ladies side bet, which is
Customer Services Management reinvigorated traditional tables and recognised as a very successful
experience with a London Heathrow- is now the most popular table game enhancement to traditional
based company. in the market.” blackjack. Also included is Galaxy’s
The appointment is one of several Texas Shootout, which brings the
new CRM initiatives being instigated a71 Meanwhile, Reel Games, Inc. has fun of the poker room’s Texas Hold
by Aristocrat Europe, including a signed a non-exclusive distribution ’Em to the pit.
planned customer survey designed
to create new benchmarking figures
that will help with ongoing monitoring
Gaming not recession-proof?
Hannu Korva collects his trophy at the
of service performance levels.
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ollowing its acquisition by year figures. The ‘credit crunch’ and
Genting UK poker tournament
Apollo and TPG, Harrah's rising fuel prices are being blamed
‘One for all’ in
Entertainment Inc declared a as the cause of declining casino
first-quarter loss of $187.8million. profits in the USA, while some
Strong figures
latest game mix
Revenue fell 2.1 per cent, year on analysts are predicting an upturn for
year, to $2.6 billion. The company online gaming, particularly for low-
from suppliers
A
ustrian Gaming Industries’ joined Rank (eight per cent overall stake jackpot games. Online gaming
Super-V+ Gaminator was drop in revenue in the first 17 firm 888, for instance, posted a
designed, developed and weeks of 2008) and MGM Mirage 38 per cent increase in net gaming W
hile some traditional
casino operators are
seeing revenues fall (see
produced in Austria. Its maker’s aim (30 per cent profit fall in the first revenue, year on year, for the first story, left), suppliers of gaming
is for it to become the new quarter) in posting poor year on quarter of 2008. equipment have been posting
international standard multi-game positive financial results.
cabinet for the top performing,
10- and 20-line Coolfire II
Caro’s mother of pearl finish
Bally Technologies announced
record earnings for the third quarter
gaming platform.
d’Artagnan, a three
musketeer theme game is C
aro Développement, a to Sales fiscal of 2008, with system revenue
manufacturer of gaming Manager Arnaud up 85 per cent to a record $57
equipment in France since Hervé. million and record revenues of
a new lead title available as 1816, has launched a new finish The company is working a new $233 million.
part of mix 18, the latest in for its wood tables – a mother of range of tables, and plans to offer Gaming machine manufacturer
AGI’s game mixes for the pearl look that is available in ten casinos a range of “turnkey” WMS Industries enjoyed a 39 per
three-screen, sound- main colours, gives texture to the furniture for hotels, restaurants, and cent increase in revenue from
system-equipped Super-V+ material and plays in the light, and bars alongside its existing New gambling operations, year on year,
Gaminator cabinet. has seen great success according Millennium range. for the first four months of 2008.
Cartamundi de Mexico set up as a new joint venture
I
n a joint venture with the owners by Antonio Skorlich, it has the technical know how of Cartamundi sales structure of Cartamundi in
of Barajas y Naipes de Mexico, capacity to produce 5 million decks and Copag together with the Europe, where the company has
Cartamundi and Copag have set a year, specialising in cards with experience in the local market will sales offices in most countries,
up Cartamundi de Mexico, a new Spanish faces, but its range includes enable us to realise this target,” Copag plans to develop by creating
playing card manufacturer in Mexico Poker, Canasta, promotional cards, says Chris Van Doorslaer, CEO of subsidiaries to be closer to the
City, Mexico. and cards for the Mexican Loteria. Cartamundi. market. Together with the new
Barajas y Naipes de Mexico is a The new company aims to Meanwhile, Copag Brasil is factory in Mexico this will increase
leading playing card company in the become the market leader in opening a new sales office in our growth in Latin America,” says
Mexican market. Founded in 1969 Mexico. “The marketing and Santiago de Chile. “Similar to the Ricardo Gonçalves, CEO of Copag.
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