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Editor’s letter
MEI has become the
preferred supplier of bill
14 STATESIDE
validators in Greece.
Every additional country that
Sharon Harris on North America
G
2E was, even to someone
as optimistic as I, a
pleasant surprise. A lot
recognizes the performance
of business was done, of the MEI CASHFLOW
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16 MACAU BUSINESS
with some companies enjoying
is a powerful endorsement.
their best-ever shows; some great new product was
Some Macau investments are in
on show too, with highlights from WMS with the new
Thank you for your confidence
trouble; Paulo Azevedo investigates Bluebird 2 cabinet, Shuffle Master with their
in our products and service.
excellent new electronic card table, and Microsoft’s Our dedicated team looks
20 LATINO AMERICA
expansion on last year’s offering, alongside their
forward to proving the
wonderful Surface technology. Attendees and
difference MEI products
Ricki Chavez-Munoz reports from this
exhibitors seemed positive about the future, while
and service can make.
gaming hotspot
acknowledging tough times in the short-term. Lots of
talk was about layoffs (at all levels) at some
companies, which is never welcome – but better to
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32 MEXICO
suffer short-term layoffs than extinction.
to learn why MEI is becoming
Macau is also suffering (see page 16 for more) –
the popular choice worldwide.
Ricki looks at a market that’s about to hell, everywhere is. I’ve said it before though, and I’ll
spring wide open
repeat it now; this si the time to be positive, to share
knowledge and information and work together as an
34 G2E REVIEW
industry to ride out this shocking economic time.
G2E 2008 has helped show us the way, and it has
Eight pages of developments from
left me with an upbeat outlook that I hope all
this excellent show
attendees share. Bring on IGE in January (see Diary
Dates on p58 for details!), and let’s face the
challenge of global recession head-on, with the
48 MULTIPLAYERS
passion and intelligence that is unique to the
gaming industry.
Graeme Kidd explores this fast-
growing gaming hardware Jon Bruford
Managing Editor
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INSTALLATIONS
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