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INSTALLATIONS
Rodos specifies MEI
Early success for Aristocrat’s Viridian
C
asino Rodos, located on the northern tip ogies’ award- On the west coast, the Pechanga Band of
of the island of Rhodes in Greece, has winning VIRIDIAN cabinet is in Luiseno Indians has purchased 428
followed an increasingly popular trend high demand from coast to coast Aristocrat products, including 300 of the
by specifying the MEI CASHFLOW SC for in the US, and the company new VIRIDIAN cabinets. All products have
all new games. A
ristocrat Technol
recently completed three major been installed at the Tribe’s Pechanga
“The MEI banknote readers have really proven what orders for the groundbreaking cabinet. Resort Casino in Temecula, California.
a positive difference they make,” said Casino General On the east coast, Florida’s Seminole In Las Vegas, The Cannery Casino & Hotel
Manager Mr. Vassilis Tsolekas. “We will be specifying Tribe has signed a contract for 505 has signed a contract for 148 VIRIDIAN
MEI for all future slots purchases.” Aristocrat recurring revenue products to be cabinets, making it the first Las Vegas
Casino Rhodes has 310 slot machines, ranging from distributed amongst their six Florida property with a major installation of the
traditional reels to the latest video and interactive properties. Included in the order were 489 new product. The devices will be installed at
innovations. Slot machines have taken on further VIRIDIAN cabinets and 16 Crown Slant the all new Eastside Cannery prior to its
importance as 220 machines are practically new. products. scheduled opening on August 29, 2008.
Albania gets
GPI supplies Macau’s 30th casino
CASH FEVER
R
egency Casino Tirana G
PI has completed an order for the latest casino to
open in Macau, in the Hotel Taipa Square opposite
the Macau Jockey Club. All 125,000 chips and
28,000 plaques from the world renowned Bourgogne
& Grasset brand were manufactured at GPI Sas in
enjoyed the spectacular Beaune, France. All of them but the lowest denomination were
launch of ATRONIC’s highly popular produced with low 125KHz RFID frequency microchips.
jackpot link CASH FEVER in June. The In addition to these RFID chips, a full range of electronic reading devices was supplied
champagne flowed freely as casino guests with the installation of eight cage and two chipbank readers, complete with the Live and
lined up to play the exciting CASH FEVER machines. Cashier’s Desk CIDs operating software.
On hand to help was Dr Cash himself with four Three ECS – Electronic Chips Surveillance systems – were also installed at various staff
glamorous nurses dispensing information on how-to- exits to detect chips unlawfully taken away from the gaming floor by unscrupulous staff.
play and special CASH FEVER merchandise. These detection gates operate exclusively with 125KHz frequency without any additional
Launched on eight e
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machines, CASH FEVER is material to the RFID chips. Christophe Leparoux, Manager International Sales & Marketing
already striking it rich for the casino with a healthy for GPI, said: “The adoption of our RFID technology by a rather small size casino – by Macau
gains in revenues from the link. These are the first e
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standards – such as Taipa Square reflects the growing acceptance by casinos of all types of
machines to be installed in Albania, offering 19” dual the RFID technology as the ideal solution to their chips accounting and security concerns.”
screens as standard and increased player comfort.
The new bank of machines attracted players across
the casino floor with its impressive signage package.
More success for CT’s Gemini series
Regency Casino’s Slot Manager, Jim Backlund said:
“The performance of CASH FEVER is great and we
are very pleased with the revenues we are gaining
from it. The Atronic game Time for Money is by far
the best performer to date.” S
ome of Casino
Technology’s
most successful
PC-based games
like Aztec
Returns, Wild Wild Africa
IGT installs first REELdepth machines
and Ocean Delight proved
very popular among players
T
he first installations of IGT's innovative new in three locations of Atlantis
REELdepth video slot games took place Casino Group situated on
recently at two Grand Casinos properties in the exotic tropical island in
Minnesota – Grand Casino Hinckley and Grand the northeast Caribbean,
Casino Mille Lacs. Saint Martin. Now the
REELdepth video slots use Multi-Layer Display operator has picked more
(MLD) technology, an ingenious layering of two or releases from the series, including Golden Bird and Bush Explorer.
more Liquid Crystal Displays that creates the visual More reports of good performance come from Latin America and Honduras, where
effect of true depth without the use of 3D glasses. GEMINI slot machines have been installed in three different casinos: Mr. Jackpot,
"The overall performance of the REELdepth units Montecarlo and Flamingo.
initially installed has exceeded all expectations," A successful launch of the latest GEMINI series recently took part at Casino Oracle, in
said Robert Allen, Corporate VP of Slot Operations St. Georges Bay resort in Malta, and more products from the series are to be installed in
for Grand Casinos Minnesota. "This machine other locations.
represents a virtually perfect server-based gaming The company’s R&D team is developing a totally innovative concept for their cabinets,
solution. This is a technology investment that will featuring new options and solutions seen for the first time in the industry, to increase
stand the test of time. REELdepth embodies much player comfort and interaction at a completely new level.
of what is best about IGT."
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