Clarion Gaming has announced major changes to the 2009 January Shows which will see the entire ground floor of both Earls Court 1 and 2 re-branded as the ‘International Gaming Expo’.

Head of exhibitions, Karen Cooke explained: “Massive advancements in technology combined with new legislation have resulted in significant changes to the global gaming industry. In order to represent all aspects of the gaming platform – land-based, high-stake, low-stake and remote – we are pleased to announce that from 2009 the ground floor of Earls Court will be re-branded to form the International Gaming Expo. We are confident that this change, which has been taken following detailed research and discussions with our stakeholders, will represent a clear proposition to attract new visitors and strengthen the show’s status as the world’s leading gaming event.”

The International Gaming Expo will have its own dedicated, ‘gaming centric’, above- and below-the-line visitor marketing campaign, which will be conducted throughout the 90-plus media channels utilised by Clarion Gaming. Show organisers will be working with representatives of low stake gaming companies and suppliers of ancillary products to ensure that their preferred routes to market are included in the campaign.

In a parallel move, the Amusement Trades Exhibition International (ATEI) will be hosted in the self-contained Upper Level of the hall with its own exclusive entry and exit points. The decision to ring-fence ATEI and create a self-contained event has also been taken in the wake of widespread stakeholder consultation. Cooke continued: “In line with the requests expressed to us, there will be no internal link between ATEI and the re-branded International Gaming Expo: this will help in the retention and circulation of visitors and the creation of a unique atmosphere within each respective exhibition.”

Comestero Group reached an important result, it is really proud of: the memorable goal of 1 Million electronic coin validators sold all over the world.1Million coin validators sold over the latest 6 years is for the Italian Group a success which goes beyond expectation: it is an achievement which overcomes both Italian and European boundaries, with RM5 coin validators distributed in more than 70 countries all over the world.

“This success – states Riccardo Chionna, Comestero Group Managing Director – relies undoubtedly in the indisputable quality of our coin validator. RM5 is appreciated especially for its great flexibility: it is available in several mechanical and software versions to fully meet the requirements of any type of gaming and vending machines and of all systems that need a safe and reliable automatic coin recognition system”. “It is also extremely important – continues Riccardo Chionna – the active role of every member of our Team, more than 200 motivated and flexible collaborators, which contribute everyday with their work to the results of our Group”.

A special golden logo has been created to celebrate this very occasion by Comestero Group. Now the company is ready to reach new important results, once again thanks to the novelties which regard RM5 coin validator, which will be soon unveiled.

Atronic International (GmbH) announced today that Atomic Gaming (Pty) has been appointed as Atronic’s distributor for Africa. Atomic Gaming will distribute gaming machines, signage, and other related game media.
 
Atronic has been looking for a distribution partner to further grow its market share in the region. The partner was to have a vested interest in the local market, as well as the ability to easily align itself to the high standards worldwide customers expect from Atronic and its products. 
 
“We are very excited about the opportunity to work with Atronic.  As we enter into the market, their performance of linked gaming products, such as Cash Fever™ and King Kong Cash, are doing extremely well,” said Cliff Lamberton, Managing Director of Atomic Gaming. “Atronic has an extensive range of games and cabinets to choose from. The proven e-motion™ cabinet has been superseded with the e²™ cabinet that boasts the same elegance as its predecessor, but has dual 19” screens and a host of additional player comfort features.  New entries to the market are the Harmony™ Upright and Slant Top cabinets. The Harmony™ cabinet will be available to the African market with an unprecedented 25+ games.”
 
“We are very pleased with the formation and appointment of Atomic Gaming as our distributor in Africa. It is important for us to work with a partner that will emulate Atronic’s corporate vision of ‘Great Games, Great People’. We are confident we have found that in Atomic Gaming.” stated Thierry Aiglon, Chief Operating Officer of Atronic International.
 
Atronic is a market leader in Europe, Russia, and Latin America, with a solid presence in the U.S. and growing footprints in Africa and Asia. Atronic is dedicated to producing only the highest quality of entertaining games and products, including dynamic casino management and linked gaming solutions which are being operated in 91 countries worldwide. Atronic holds a total of 226 worldwide gaming licenses including the United States of America, where it is licensed to sell machines in 26 states and to 164 tribes.
 
Atronic is a member of the Gaming Standards Association and supports open industry standards such as Game to System (G2S) and System to System (S2S).
 
Atomic Gaming’s three principle partners and company Directors are Andrew Stewart, Cliff Lamberton and Mike Wilkinson, with Markus Prader and Clint Young holding a minority stake in the company. The partners all have solid domain knowledge of the gaming industry and established relationships within the South African gaming industry and with Atronic International.

Casino Barcelona is one of the largest casinos in Spain with 150 slots and various live table games to offer. This casino is the flagship property in the Grupo Peralda casino group that totals almost 400 slots. With the growing interest in TITO and the positive feedback of MEI VAT’s (value-added trials), Casino Barcelona gladly accepted the invitation by MEI to trial the Cashflow SC83. The casinos of the Grupo Peralda are set in excellent locations. Casino Barcelona can be found at the Olympic Port in Barcelona. The casino has a whole range of slots and live games to offer and the recent modernisation makes this casino a pleasure to visit.

Within a short space of time, Barcelona managers could see the benefits of MEI Cashflow over the banknote readers currently used on the casino floor. Excellent acceptance rates with zero maintenance were not the only factors to convince the casino they had made the right choice. The patented and proven MEI technology allows for the complete note set to be accepted, in varying conditions. Since the casino can’t control the note population which enters the casino, it must be prepared to accurately accept as many notes as possible. Thus, the casino makes more money by accepting all of the good notes, regardless of condition, meaning that more notes are flowing into the cashbox, so making more money for the casino.

Eduardo Cuenca, Casino Barcelona’s Slots Manager explained, “From being introduced to a completely new product at the beginning of the year, my team quickly became acquainted with the MEI Cashflow SC83. This is a very user-friendly product which clearly has a lower cost of ownership.  We used to worry about bill validator performance on the floor.  Now, it looks like we can focus on other parts of the floor as these products do as we expect; they perform.”

Mr. Cuenca then went on to explain that the casino management has placed their trust in the MEI Cashflow SC83. “At this moment in time we see distinct advantages of having MEI on our casino floor and so are now specifying MEI for future slots purchases. Our OEM suppliers have been informed”.

Mark Greenawalt, MEI’s Gaming Director stated, “We thank the management team at Casino Barcelona for performing the VAT. The positive feedback from our VAT’s continues and we are particularly pleased that such an important casino group in Spain is now specifying our banknote reader”. Greenawalt went to say, “This trial is another fantastic result for MEI.  Although we expect this type of performance on any slot floor around the world, this one is special because it was our 40th VAT to be started in Europe.”  “It was also the shortest in duration as Mr. Cuenca and his team saw an immediate positive impact, soon after it started.”

FutureLogic, Inc . announced today that it will celebrate its 25-year anniversary at G2E Asia, to be held in Macau on June 4-5. The company will exhibit its complete line of gaming printers and PromoNet™, a template-based promotional couponing system, at Booth 1335.

FutureLogic has been making an impact in the Asia Pacific since opening its new sales, service and distribution centres in Macau in October 2006. Launched with a celebration that included bungee-jumping off the Macau Tower, FutureLogic Asia has grown rapidly, headed up by Business Development Director Dan Turner, a veteran of complex system, peripheral and gaming industry sales, and supported locally by Paul Dewet, a Technical Support Engineer with over five years experience in the gaming industry. Rob Denham, who has relocated to Macau to oversee technical support for FutureLogic's international markets, provides additional support and experience to Asia and brings a wealth of industry and product expertise to the team and the market.

In the gaming industry, FutureLogic has been setting performance standards since 1999 - winning ten industry awards in the past five years. FutureLogic developed and launched the first TITO gaming printer, and today has more than 900,000 installed TITO printers in 40 countries across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.

FutureLogic's GEN2 Universal™ printers provide a migration path for new server-based games and support all current and emerging game types by incorporating three game ports, including RS232, NetPlex and USB 2.0. The GEN2 Universal connection architecture is available in both the standard horizontal format as well as the GEN2 VST Universal™ vertical format printer, which is designed specifically for use with space saving slim-top machines and kiosk applications.

FutureLogic will also exhibit the flexible and feature-rich PromoNet Server Based Couponing system, which helps casinos design and manage a wide range of promotional campaigns. The PromoNet system turns ordinary slot tickets into colorful, eye-catching real time, targeted coupons. The PromoNet system can be used with any gaming machine or POS within a Casino property that is equipped with FutureLogic's GEN2 Universal or GEN2 VST Universal printer. The PromoNet secure system approach ensures that casino servers are in full control of all communication with the printers and cashout tickets, and offers casinos of any size a flexible and cost-effective real time, targeted promotional coupon solution.

For further information, contact FutureLogic for sales inquiries:
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