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MULTIPLAYER GAMES
each position, or with what Bally describes as a “more Duelling Piano doubles up the PlayMe concept,
intimate love seat for two”. featuring two grand piano cabinets with a shared
Padded armrests, cupholders, and advanced automatic or semi-automatic roulette wheel. The two
ergonomic design will aim to create a "Comfort Zone" cabinets can be configured so they align with the
to increase the time that couples or friends stay and central roulette wheel in a position that best suits the
play together, and a "Privacy Zone" seeks to eliminate space allocated on the casino floor, and the dual
distractions by immersing both players in their own pianos allow for dualling pianists to enhance the live
private gaming environment. atmosphere on the gaming floor significantly,
according to Casino Technology.
Q-Lit Technology PlayMe VideoSlot, incorporates a multi-station slot
With a background in machine design, Taiwanese firm machine platform and a drinks bar with a view to
Q-Lit Technology has been running for some seven creating “a unique atmosphere allowing visitors to
years and offers multiplayer Roulette, dice and card enjoy, relax and socialise while playing”.
machines as well as table-top and stand-alone
terminals as add-ons to its multiplayer machines. Elaut
The company prides itself in its “self-reliance”, Elaut has been producing multiplayer games for ten
describing the fact that it doesn’t outsource design, years, says Patrick Magendans, International Sales
build, assembly or marketing as its “greatest pride and Manager. “Our success story started with the famous
biggest advantage”. Victory, and was driven by Elaut’s Managing Director,
Casino Technology – PlayMe Duelling
Roulette is the company’s major product, available Eric Verstraeten, for dice,” he explains.
Pianos (top) doubles up the ivories,
while PlayMe VideoSlot has to be the
in three eight-player configurations (UFO, Dis, and The company’s first multiplayer machine was a five-
ultimate piano bar.
Aurora), each of which can support an additional 20 player Sic Bo, which appeared in several versions and
stand-alone, remote terminals. Two Sic Bo variants, led to a Dice Roulette, which provides Roulette play
(Sic Bo I and Sic Bo II) and a Craps game, again using number combinations generated from dice
available in 8+20 configuration, completes Q-Lit’s rather than a wheel. Belgian ingenuity in action!
dice offering. Three Baccarat games and a Five Card Demand for a ‘real’ automated Roulette game
Stud Poker machine round off the range. prompted Elaut to launch Classic Roulette some five
Interestingly, the roulette machines are all Dos- years ago, since when it has evolved…
based, rather than Windows or Unix – a feature that “Elaut’s latest creation is based on a completely new
Q-Lit believes gives flexibility to information sharing platform holding the latest technologies, such as SAS
and operational features. Indeed, Q-Lit claims that its 6.02, Tito, BV and so on,” Magendans explains. “On
Roulette games offer more variation in playing this new platform we present a brand new Roulette
methods and a higher bonus rate that those of its and a new Sic Bo. The new platform allows operators
competitors. to combine different games, and allows players to play
The company’s strengths so far have lain in South from their preferred station.”
East Asia, but it is turning its marketing attention to Elaut's MPE random generators allow for single zero
Europe and America, as well as to its own doorstep, or double zero Roulette or Sic Bo, and the system is
Taiwan, aiming to “set a new landmark in Taiwan's up compatible with real-life wheels such as those made Elaut – two multiplayer games in one:
and coming game market.” Roulette will spearhead its by Abbiati and Cammegh.
Sic Bo Roulette
out-of-Asia export drive – and as might be expected, it “For the high end casinos or clubs we offer our
comes with multi-language support. newest standalone line of equipment,” Magendans
Q-Lit Technology looks to be a multiplayer company says. “Both our slant-top random generator units come
to watch – it admits that “…the only thing that is to in a brand-new design of cabinet.”
the company's disadvantage at this moment is a lack “These new developments have moved Elaut into
of brand advertisement,” a problem that Q-Lit is new markets such as Macau, and the ongoing
addressing – and not just through development of our equipment and the dedication of
www.qlittechnology.com. Elaut's staff, is proving to our customers that choosing
Elaut makes a change for the better,” he adds. Elaut
Casino Technology also has an all-new website at www.elaut.com
In 2007, Casino Technology launched what was surely
the most original multiplayer roulette game – PlayMe, Evona
which featured a roulette wheel and five player “Evona Electronic traditionally offers a wide range of
stations installed in a grand piano case. Not electronic multiplayer games, starting from the most
surprisingly, perhaps, the CEO of Casino Technology important Roulettes, but also Black Jack and dice
is a jazz pianist…and sees the potential of combining machines,” explains Pavel Blumel, Evona’s Business
“the gambling thrill with the socialising and Manager.
communication potential of table games”. “Our speciality remains electronic Roulettes for 4,
Featuring the core technologies at the heart of the 5, 6 or 8 players, which all have the option of adding
company’s Casino King and Casino Prince range of independent stations to increase the number of
multiplayer Roulette machines, the PlayMe range now playing positions,” he says.
features two new configurations: Duelling Piano, and “Evona products are defined by combination of
VideoSlot. traditional design, using lot of mahogany wood and
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