eMillions™ Wide Area Progressive (WAP), by Atronic, awarded a jackpot for the first time this year at Seven Feathers Casino in Oregon. Retiree Greg Stinsman visited the casino to enjoy dinner and play the slots when he hit the one-million-credit jackpot while playing Gold Seekers II™.  He won a whopping $50,000 after putting $200 into the machine. When asked what he was going to do with his winnings, the happy winner said that his first purchase would be a big screen TV.    

eMillions™ is a nickel WAP link which is distinguished  by life changing million dollar and life altering million credit dual jackpots along with a unique Jackpot Re-spins™ feature, multiple new game themes, and an innovative “jackpot button”.  eMillions™  dual jackpots allow players who wager the max bet of 75 credits to qualify for the thrilling million dollar jackpot, and players who wager anything less than max bet to qualify for the million credit jackpot. The award winning eMillions™ product additionally features unique, colour- changing game play coupled with the industries first “jackpot button” which encourages play and facilities player comprehension and enjoyment.

Expecting the entry into legal force the new legislation about gambling business to the new rules are preparing as future owners of the gambling institutions as the world largest suppliers of the equipment for casinos and gambling halls: since the 1st of July 2009 on the territory of Russian Federation will be only four gambling zones and everyone is in a hurry to take its own place.
Gambling exhibition EELEX-2009 which will take place in Moscow, September, 9- 11, give an excellent opportunity for both parties for meeting and making arrangements.

16 years EELEX exhibition has convoked on its grounds powers that be in gambling sphere and has become one of the largest theme exhibitions in eastern Europe. 
Since 1991 promoting making, outliving prosperity, chaos, strengthening of gambling control EELEX has become not just exhibition but the club of professionals.
But the present-day the seventeenth exposition will not be just usual exhibition of gambling, lottery and amusement equipment. It will commemorate the rebirth, absolutely new step of the gaming industry’s development in Russia.

Since 2009 in Russia will appear four “Las Vegases”, the special gambling zones, the most distant from uptown. On these territories (from 500 till 2000 hectars each) the Government of RF are planning to build tourist recreational complexes. Most experts say that for development and tuning of infrastructure of these projects will be spent 40 months but alignment of forces has already begun.
Thus, the organizers of the exhibition  - “Smile-Expo” company positively await on their event the most important representatives of world gambling market among exhibitors and also the most important Russian customers among visitors.

“It will be the professional exhibition for people interested in its business and making decisions” says the CEO of “Smile-Expo” company Anton Loginov.

The main accent during preparation of the event was made on strategic aim of reclaiming new territories – special gambling zones and also on alternative of gambles: lottries, betting and so on.
As a result the organizers of EELEX-2008 offer its exhibitors the next theme sections:

- Gambling equipment: game machines and equipments, equipment for casinos, safety system, poker equipment;
- Equipment for lottery and betting: totalizators, lotteries, boomakers offices;
- Amusement equipment: bowlings, billiards, video – and interactive games, darts, shooting galleries, sportive attractions.

Furthermore as a separate block will be presented on-line gambling business – niche which has the richest potential of development in conditions of constant perfection of on-line technologies: casino in laptop or mobile. It is already the presence.

All another will stay the same. It is: clearly organization of such large-scale event, the most modern and comfortable show area of Moscow is the exhibition complex “Crocus Expo”,  the individual exhibitors’ directing (from call to “Smile-Expo” till dismantling of booth) and business-like but as usual festive atmosphere of the exhibition – EELEX –2008

Aristocrat Technologies Europe has appointed Marten Cox to the newly created post of Technical Support Manager. His responsibilities will include overseeing the technical compliance and specific requirements of new products across all European jurisdictions.

35-year-old Cox, who holds a Masters Degree in Electronic Engineering, has held a number of managerial roles in the technical, operations, software and training fields and was Senior Technical Manager for TCS John Huxley since 2002. He will report to Aristocrat Australia via the European Operations Director, Stuart Brown.

Stuart Brown commented on the appointment: “Following Aristocrat’s decision to decentralise its manufacturing process, it has become imperative to have a dedicated and experienced person to manage locally the many intricate details of technical compliance, which can vary greatly across the manifold gaming jurisdictions that Aristocrat Europe now covers. In Marten we have found the ideal candidate to fulfil this exacting task and we now look forward to completing the final stages of the decentralisation process.”

Display Technology the displays, interface, embedded computer and touchscreen specialists is please to announce their new 32" Tough Touch Widescreen Gaming Monitor. Manufactured for long term availability, all aspects of the design from mechanical parts to future upgrading of the LCD panel can be controlled, so no change to the overall form and no external changes to the customer.

The new 32” monitor delivers a cost-effective touch and non-touch solution and features an IP64 dustproof narrow bezel design to protect against dirt and dust and a slim profile that makes ideal for gaming and kiosk style applications. The DT32W monitor also features a brilliant wide-viewing-angle LCD panel, with high brightness, contrast, fast response time and enhanced video design. Offering the latest in adjustable touch force sensitivity and 6mm toughened touch technology, the new 32” monitor an industrial solution at an affordable price.

In addition to the quality and cost benefits, the DTL range offers a long lasting life cycle with a 3 year guarantee. Display Technology has one of the widest ranges of TFT LCD interface solutions in Europe, with in-house custom design facilities and worldwide support with offices in UK, Germany, Turkey and USA.

MEI’s success in markets around the world has been built on performance. From the SC bill validator to the 9500 coin validator, MEI’s European business continues to grow. MEI management has seen the positive feedback from end users who have participated in the value-added trials (VAT’s). Thus, it has been a natural progression to offer VAT’s to end users in different markets and with alternative MEI products. The MEI coin validator Cashflow CF9500 series has built up a very strong reputation for itself over the years, being the chosen coin validator often for challenging applications, for example in Norway and Latvia. Back in 2005 operators in both countries were experiencing problems with frauds. The superior technology of the CF9500 solved the problem whilst maintaining very high true coin accept rates. Over 8,000 coin validators were replaced with the MEI CF9500 at that time.

The combination of product excellence and strong service therefore continues to introduce new opportunities. One further example is in the Czech Republic.

The name of Synot is synonymous with a whole range of companies in the Czech Republic. In fact Synot runs over fifty separate companies. These companies range from real estate to representing BMW in Czech. The stated goal for each company is excellence and this clearly applies to the gaming and operation side of the company. Synot manufactures its own range of AWP’s. Furthermore, Synot has built up a very strong relationship with British AWP manufacturer JPM International, which it represents in Czech, Slovakia and Poland. Synot’s secret to success is not only to offer winning games together with the design and development

from JPM as a market leader of reel based games, but also to ensure that the components inside these gaming machines are industry winners as well. This is essential for a company that operates 10,000 AWP’s in several countries, including its operating arm Royal in Ukraine and Joker in Latvia. The money handling components within the AWP’s are key to their successful operation. Synot appreciates the value that such products bring and thus continually strive to have the best components the industry can offer. Synot knew of the possibility to do a VAT with MEI on the coin validator side and accepted MEI’s invitation to trial the Cashflow CF9500 on a number of AWP’s over several months.

David Mixa, Synot’s International Sales Manger explained, “We have high expectations for our machine components. We have to deal with several different countries. Not all coins are made to the standards they should be which leaves room for frauds to enter the market. We were looking for a coin validator with excellent first-time acceptance of true coins that nevertheless offers protection against manipulation. After trialling MEI for three months, we drew the conclusion that this is the product that meets our needs and expectations. The service tools that MEI offer combined with its strong field presence team gave us the confidence we needed to secure our long-term business”.

Having seen the benefits that MEI can offer on the coin validation side, Synot chose to specify MEI for all its applications. This includes the AWP’s it distributes. Synot asked for MEI’s support to ensure that JPM were capable to fit the MEI Cashflow CF9500 as soon as possible. Contacts were quickly established between JPM’s and MEI’s support teams to ensure its successful integration. Simon McCarthy, JPM’s Sales and Marketing Director, explains, “Synot is a key partner for us and we have been working successfully together for many years now. We acknowledge that Synot evaluates peripheral products and we trust that their requirements are the best fit for our markets. Thus, when Synot informed us that the MEI coin validator best fits their needs, we quickly ensured that all our future AWP deliveries to them will have the MEI 9500 coin validator fitted. One key reason for our success is that we take our customers requests seriously and always strive to implement them whenever feasible. That is why we now fit the MEI coin validator for Synot”.

Synot rightly expects a lot from coin validation. Malfunctioning means down time and a loss of income. Similarly fraud coin acceptance means loss of revenue. With such a large number of machines in operation, Synot understands that they must choose the best product the industry has to offer. Now having fitted the MEI 9500 coin validator, this means that the machines are doing what they should be doing – being ready for play and only accepting valid coins. Lost revenue via frauds has been cancelled out thanks to MEI. Similarly, greater up time means the machines can make more money. Therefore, by fitting the MEI 9500 coin validator Synot and their customers can make more money than has been in the case in the past.

Mark Greenawalt, MEI’s Director for Europe and Africa commented, “We are delighted that we have been able to transfer our success on value-added trials to the coin validation applications. We would like to thank Synot for trialling and implementing our product. Furthermore, we applaud JPM for its speedy implementation of our products upon Synot’s request”.

MEI supplied resources from the UK, Germany, and Austria to support both JPM and Synot in this endeavour.   “The strong presence of the MEI team  made the integration and final decision an easier one for both Synot and JPM." concluded David Mixa