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INDUSTRY NEWS
Simworx is a success
Selling out quickly
In Brief . . .
at DEAL trade show
T
he organisers of this year’s Hot Games Show have
confirmed that booths are selling quickly. “The A
new online bank catering for
gaming businesses and
market in Southern Taiwan is booming and enthusiasts has launched, offering
manufacturers are craving to demonstrate the latest fast and secure online payment and
equipment, so booths for the Hot Game Show are money transfer services. Ivobank is
selling very quickly,” confirmed Johnny Chang. believed to be the first independent
“We expect all the booths will be sold out before the bank to launch since the dotcom
end of August. Furthermore, we have received a large boom in 2001 and the first to be
number of registrations of visitors from various authorised and regulated by the
countries such as USA, UAE, Greece, Italy, UK, Russia, Financial Services Authority (FSA).
Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Columbia, Peru, Mexico, India,
Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, China, and
Korea among others,” he continued.
The Hot Games Show is organised with the U
nicum Gaming Group will
participate in Peru Gaming
participation of the Taiwan Arcade Commercial Show held on 7-8 August, 2008.
Association, which will increase the number of domestic This once again shows company’s
operators attending the show. aspiration to take a leading role at
“As we have co-operated closely with the Taiwan Latin American Gambling Business
Arcade Commercial Association, many Taiwanese Market. The Peru Gaming Show
manufacturers and operators who are the primary gives visitors a chance to get closer
S
imulation attraction and effects theatre specialist members of the TACA will come to exhibit and visit the to the Latin American gaming
Simworx has reported a very successful attendance event. The Hot Games Show 2008 will surely present market. Unicum will exhibit in co-
at the recent DEAL trade show held in Dubai, UAE, on you a very vivid atmosphere and get you a lot of the operation with its partner – the
the back of which the company has announced the business opportunities with the native and overseas Happy Games Company.
opening of a new sales office for the Middle East region. exhibitors and visitors,” added Chang.
Simworx continues to enjoy much success with its
wide range of simulation and effects theatre attractions
around the world and the DEAL show confirmed a high L
ondon-based Project Coin has
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level of interest in the company’s products from many its successful automatic roulette
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“The event was a huge success in terms of the both money in, money out and
number of serious inquiries we had,” revealed Managing cashless formats, Casino Roulette
Director Terry Monkton. “In fact we generated an can be configured to suit most
unprecedented level of interest considering we didn’t legislative frameworks, currency
have any product physically on show. Compared to the and chip values.
last trade show we attended, in Europe, we increased Project managing director, Tony
genuine leads by almost 40 per cent which we were Boulton confirmed: “We’ve had
delighted with. I also made four sales visits during and representation in South America
after the event which is an indication of the levels of with Casino Roulette for 18 months
intention of the buyers attending the show.” now and the game has proved to be
The success of the show capped a significant week a successful ambassador for the
for Simworx with the company also announcing the
opening of a Dubai sales office. With many years’
Merkur Casino
company and our capabilities, both
in terms of game appeal and the
experience in the attractions industry, this will be
headed up by Paul Grinnall as the company’s Middle expands in Romania
use of technology. This is an
important breakthrough which
East sales representative, who will cover the entire opens up a vista of opportunities in
region and report back to Monkton at the UK head
office. T
he Gauselmann Group has announced further the region.”
expansion in Romania, only a few weeks after
“This is an important strategic move for Simworx,” opening a Merkur Casino entertainment centre in Pitesti.
Monkton noted. “We are working in many different Bacau in the Northeast of Romania has become the
parts of the world and the Middle East is one region in latest location for a Merkur Casino, the brand which is S
tern Pinball, Inc. appeared in a
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particular where I believe we can make a lot of progress. now available in no fewer than 11 European countries. on The History Channel’s Modern
The strong interest shown in our product range at the The new Merkur Casino has a gaming surface of 580 Marvels. The show discussed the
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