AGEM Announces Four New Members
The Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) announced that its board of directors has approved the membership applications of four new companies, bringing the trade group comprised of the world’s leading gaming suppliers to a total of 112 members. The new AGEM members are: Carmanah Signs, a leading supplier of LCD and LED signage for gaming, hospitality and food-service areas; DiTronics Financial Services, a provider of ATMs, cash advance, check cashing and other cash access solutions to the gaming industry; Greenberg Traurig LLP, an international full-service law firm with more than 1,750 attorneys that traces its roots in Las Vegas back to 1969 where it focuses its practice primarily on the gaming industry; and Portwell, a global IPC manufacturer with more than 18 years of experience providing a wide array of industrial-grade products in various applications. For more information, visit www.agem.org.
Bally Technology Implemented by Seminole Tribe of Florida, Wins Two Awards
Bally Technologies Inc. announced that the Seminole Tribe of Florida Inc. is implementing Bally’s award-winning iVIEW DM and Elite Bonusing Suite solutions to engage and excite patrons at its Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. As part of its major casino expansion at the property, the Seminole Tribe is implementing the iVIEW DM player-user-interface on the majority of the casino’s 2,400 games to elevate customer service and increase excitement across the casino floor.
Bally also announced that the company has won two American Manufacturing Strategy Awards. Bally received the awards at an awards ceremony in Chicago. Bally won the award for “Outstanding Achievement in Continuous Improvement,” which honors the company’s excellence in motivating employees to remove waste from processes. The company also took top honors in the “Demand-Driven Manufacturing” category, which recognizes the business that has expertly implemented demand-driven manufacturing doctrine into the company culture. For more information, visit www.bally-tech.com.
TCSJOHNHUXLEY Chosen as Key Supplier for Aspers Westfield Stratford City
The U.K.’s first Super Casino, Aspers Westfield Stratford City opened its doors Dec. 1, 2011. TCSJOHNHUXLEY was chosen as a key supplier for this prestigious project, supplying all gaming tables—25 poker tables, 24 card tables, 12 American roulette tables, one dice table, one money wheel and table and one double-ended MultiPLAY table. In addition, there are 80 Novo Unity II TouchBet terminals featuring multi game selection of live Punto Banco, live roulette, automated roulette and automated bingo. Concluding the product list, 12 CC2 chip sorting machines, 13 e-FX Elite double-sided displays, 13 Saturn Roulette wheels, three Omni Baccarat displays, and all chips and accessories. For more information, visit www.tcsjohnhuxley.com.
BMM Green Lights FutureLogic’s PromoNet Couponing System
FutureLogic Inc. announced that BMM Compliance has completed the evaluation of FutureLogic‘s Promotional Couponing System, PromoNet®, and determined that the system does not impact areas of regulatory concern. “With this notification from BMM, FutureLogic is now in a position to bring promotional couponing to jurisdictions around the world that rely on BMM,“ said John Hilbert, VP of systems development and compliance officer for FutureLogic. “With the PromoNet Couponing System Campaign, operators can now securely reward their most valuable carded and non-carded players at the game, through automated real-time play metrics and host-assisted triggers.“ For more information, visit www.bmmcompliance.com.
FutureLogic Expands European Sales Team
FutureLogic Inc. announced that it has added Nikolai Tchekan to its European sales team to support FutureLogic’s growth in the EMEA markets and the increasing demand for the company’s thermal ticket printers and promotional couponing solution, PromoNet®. As regional sales manager, Tchekan is responsible for representing FutureLogic’s products and services in the eastern European markets and speaks Ukrainian, Russian, English and Spanish fluently. Tchekan has extensive international sales experience, having worked for various multi-national gaming companies in the past. In his new role with FutureLogic, Tchekan is responsible for supporting existing and new printer customers as well as introducing FutureLogic’s new ticketing and couponing solutions. For more information, visit www.futurelogic-inc.com.
Avigilon Hires Gaming Security Expert Douglas Florence
Avigilon announced its expansion into the growing gaming and casino market with the appointment of leading security gaming expert, Douglas Florence, CPP, as the company’s business development director of global gaming. With 36 years of security industry experience, Florence is widely regarded as a surveillance, security and gaming operations subject matter expert. Prior to joining Avigilon, Florence was vice president of security and surveillance at M Resort Spa Casino in Las Vegas, where he was responsible for the management of the casino’s security, surveillance, and risk management organization. Florence was also the executive director of security at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and the director of surveillance at The Mirage. For more information, visit www.avigilon.com.
JCM’s Printer Integrated Into Leap Forward Gaming’s SaffariNet®, Wins Bill Validator RFP at Kansas Star Casino
JCM Global has successfully integrated its award-winning PayCheck 4™ Thermal Printer into the pioneering SaffariNet® ecosystem created by its strategic partner, Leap Forward Gaming. Now that it is fully integrated into the SaffariNet ecosystem, the PayCheck 4 printer can communicate to the network, and the network can communicate to the printer, empowering casino operators to quickly and easily generate coupons and other player-specific offers from the system. The PayCheck 4 is the longest-lasting printer in the industry, with a print head that lasts twice as long as any competitive product and prints three times as fast.
JCM Global also announced its continued winning streak, beating the competition in an RFP to place its award-winning iVIZION® bill validator and Intelligent Cash Box (ICB®) system at the soon-to-open Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane, Kan. Kansas Star Casino is slated to open in early 2012 and will feature 1,310 slots and will later expand to a total of 1,750 slots. JCM’s iVIZION and ICB will be installed exclusively on each of the casino’s gaming devices. Kansas Star Casino is managed by Peninsula Gaming LLC. For more information, visit www.jcmglobal.com.
Gary Platt Manufacturing Ships to Singapore, the U.S.
November was a very good shipping month for Gary Platt Manufacturing. Large orders of a few thousand chairs each were shipped to major casinos. Numerous other orders were also shipped. Some of the larger orders went to the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, Creek Casino-Montgomery in Montgomery, Ala., Harrah’s Cherokee West Casino in Cherokee, N.C., and Juegos De Video y Entretenimiento in Mexico. Gary Platt is optimistic that the Singapore shipment will open up other opportunities in the Asian market. For more information, visit www.garyplatt.com.
NEWave Signs First Agreement for myCompliance Suite
NEWave has won another highly competitive RFP, and will now be making the first installation of its myCompliance™ suite in Washington state. The casino is an existing NEWave client, and has chosen to expand that relationship by installing the suite later this month. “There is no greater compliment than when a client expands their relationship with us, and we are thrilled with the trust the tribal casino has shown in NEWave and in our myCompliance Suite,” said NEWave COO Tom Bechtel. “The myCompliance Suite will enable the casino to stop worrying about filling out compliance forms and do what they do best—serve their customers.” For more information, visit www.mynewave.com.
Bo Bernhard Named Executive Director of UNLV International Gaming Institute
Bo Bernhard was named executive director of the International Gaming Institute (IGI) at the UNLV Harrah Hotel College. Bernhard’s award-winning body of research has spanned more than 15 years and has been widely cited by academic, industry and governmental institutions. Bernhard’s projects have been prominently featured in local and national media outlets (including CNN, PBS, NPR, The New York Times, The Australian Broadcasting Channel and The History Channel). He has directed more than $1 million in grant-funded research projects, on subjects ranging from the socio-economic impacts of gaming industries to biological drivers of gambling behavior to Internet gaming policy. In 2002, Bernhard was named the inaugural research director at the IGI. For more information, visit www.igi.unlv.edu.
Bear River Casino Hotel Selects Agilysys Lodging Management System
Agilysys Inc. announced Bear River Casino Hotel in Loleta, Calif., has selected the Agilysys Lodging Management System® (LMS) property management solution to streamline operations and enhance guest service at its new 105-room hotel, scheduled to open March 2012. The hotel has also selected the Agilysys DataMagine™ signature capture solution to expedite and streamline the guest check-in process. The property, which has used Agilysys systems for point-of-sale and inventory and procurement for several years, is expanding its investment in the Agilysys Casino1 suite, a comprehensive and integrated set of solutions for managing casino-resorts. For more information, visit www.agilysys.com.
Duncan Elected President of IMGL
Jones Walker is pleased to announce that partner J. Kelly Duncan was elected president of the International Masters of Gaming Law (IMGL) at its fall conference in Vienna. His term commences Jan. 1, 2012. Duncan, who leads the firm’s gaming practice and is a member of Jones Walker’s board of directors, has been listed among the world’s top gaming attorneys in the Chambers Global Guide since 2009. Duncan is one of only 10 gaming attorneys from the U.S. listed by Chambers and Partners as a notable practitioner in the area of gaming & gambling. IMGL is a non-profit association whose membership consists of more than 250 members from 38 countries and 32 states and the District of Columbia in the U.S. Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre L.L.P. provides legal services to a national and international corporate client base in highly regulated industries. For more information, visit www.gaminglawmasters.com.
JOSEPH EVE Acquires Archambo & Mueggenborg
JOSEPH EVE, Certified Public Accountants, a regional firm serving primarily tribes and tribal organizations and clients throughout the United States, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the accounting firm Archambo & Mueggenborg (A&M) located in Bartlesville, Okla., effective Jan. 1, 2012. Debbie Mueggenborg, CPA, current audit & accounting partner with A&M, will continue as the partner for JOSEPH EVE in the Bartlesville office. Mark Archambo, current managing partner of A&M, will stay on with JOSEPH EVE and continue to provide services to clients in eastern Oklahoma. With this acquisition, JOSEPH EVE will now have offices in Oklahoma, Montana and Utah. For more information, visit www.josepheve.com.
SPIELO International to Provide AGLC with Distributed Game Management Value-Added Module
Lottomatica Group S.p.A. announced that its subsidiary, SPIELO International, has been selected by the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission (AGLC) in Canada to provide SPIELO’s Distributed Game Management Value-Added Module for its INTELLIGEN™ video lottery terminal (VLT) central system. As announced in July 2011, SPIELO International signed a five-year contract with AGLC to provide the INTELLIGEN Central System following a competitive procurement process. AGLC selected SPIELO International’s DGM module as an addition to the INTELLIGEN agreement. As a result of a separate public procurement, SPIELO International has also signed a multi-year contract on Nov. 8, 2011, to provide the Alberta market with new VLTs and a set of compelling VLT games. For more information, visit www.spielo.com.
Cantor Gaming to Operate the Race & Sports Book at Palms Casino Resort
Cantor Gaming and Palms Casino Resort announced they have signed a long-term agreement for Cantor Gaming to operate the race and sports book and offer mobile gaming at the Palms, commencing in the first quarter of 2012. Cantor Gaming will build a new race and sports book that offers sports betting fans the latest in technological advancements, including Cantor Gaming’s mobile sports wagering, and its wireless gaming system which will be available across the entire resort area. Cantor Gaming intends to operate in the existing race and sports book area through March Madness 2012. Construction of the new race and sports book will begin in April 2012 and is expected to be completed in time for the 2012 football season. During the interim period, Cantor Gaming will operate an ancillary sports-only book on the main floor of Palms. For more information, visit www.cantor.com.
TransAct Technologies Signs Agreement with Walker Digital Table Systems
TransAct Technologies Incorporated announced that it has signed an agreement to partner with Walker Digital Table Systems LLC to find ways to combine their networked table games system, Perfect Pay, with TransAct’s EPICENTRAL™ Print System. “We are very excited about the opportunity to work with Walker Digital to enhance their world-class networked table games system by integrating our EPICENTRAL Print System,” said Bart C. Shuldman, chairman and CEO of TransAct Technologies. “Walker Digital is at the forefront of bringing innovations in game performance, security and business intelligence to the table games floor previously only available from slots systems.” For more information, visit www.transact-tech.com.
VGT Receives Award for Commitment to Quality
Video Gaming Technologies Inc. has received the prestigious Commitment Award presented annually by the Quality Oklahoma Foundation. Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin presented the award at a special ceremony held at the Governor’s Mansion Dec. 8. On hand to receive the award were VGT Founder and CEO Jon Yarborough, and several executives who were instrumental in helping VGT achieve this honor. “VGT is committed to performance excellence, and this award is a significant milestone in our journey to achieving our goal,” said Steve Hodlin, vice president, performance excellence. “Senior management started this initiative with the objective of using it to continually strive for improvement. It has been enthusiastically adopted throughout the organization at every level.” For more information, visit www.vgt.net.