Scientific Games Corporation will showcase a host of innovative games and products for gaming and lottery operators at stand 190 at this week’s Australasian Gaming at the International Convention Center (ICC) in Sydney, Australia.
“At AGE, we are looking forward to showcasing the innovative games, table products, systems, and lottery technologies that are designed to help our customers drive revenue, enhance operating efficiencies, and make smarter business decisions,” said Derik Mooberry, group chief executive, gaming for Scientific games. “We’re excited to showcase our products and solutions that will truly shape the future of our industry.”’
Scientific Games Senior Vice President of Australasia Adrian Halpenny added, “We are excited to bring an incredible lineup of new game and hardware solutions to the Australasian Gaming Expo and Sydney’s ICC. Our commitment to providing customers with the world’s best products will be clearly demonstrated across all of our business lines as we herald in a new era for the Australasian gaming industry.”
Among the highlights on the slot side are The Pink Panther, a stand-alone or linked progressive based on the series of Blake Edwards films featuring the inept French police Inspector Clouseau.
Other popular, third-party licensed brands on display at AGE include Iron Man and Monopoly Grand Hotel, both developed locally in Scientific Games’ Sydney game-development studios.
Bolstering the licensed games are several original new game themes that will be released throughout the second half of 2017, including new Big Reel Feature games Rolling 777, Silk Moon and God of Wealth, to name a few. Continuing its successful run with the high-performing and entertaining Locked & Loaded stand-alone titles and the internationally acclaimed Lock It Link games, the library grows to nine games with the addition of Deep Sea-Lock It Link.
Three Scientific Games slot platforms will be prominently featured: the Dualos cabinet with its 58.4-centimeter full HD wide-screen monitors and OLED button panel; the Alpha 2 Pro Series V27/27 cabinet with its dual 68.5-centimeter HD displays leveraging the Dualos game library; and the Alpha 2 Pro Series Wave cabinet, with its trademark 101.6-centimeter curved LCD vertical touchscreen monitor.
From its electronic table systems portfolio, Scientific Games will display roulette, baccarat and sic bo on its award-winning Shuffle Master Fusion platform and new Quartz cabinet, designed to transform electronic table game play.
Another AGE highlight will be Scientific Games’ array of gaming system solutions, which go far beyond the traditional player tracking and slot accounting functions to drive player engagement across the gaming floor.
Solutions such as the company’s iVista4 in-game display manager offer state-of-the-art widgets and connectivity to web services—enabling opportunities for operators to communicate with players like never before. Featured will be functions including floor-wide bonusing, secondary wagering, customer service web-site access and promotional kiosks.
Rounding out its end-to-end suite of solutions for the entire gaming floor, Scientific Games will display a host of proprietary table games and utility products designed to entertain players and help customers achieve the highest levels of safety, security and reliability.
As the industry leader in the depth and breadth of its proprietary table games portfolio, Scientific Games will these titles at AGE: EZ Baccarat, ZAPPIT, Zombie Blackjack, and DJ Wild Poker.
A host of utility products will also be on display for AGE attendees to experience firsthand. Known for its market leadership in card shufflers, chip sorters, and other utility products, Scientific Games will showcase two new innovations:
• ShuffleStar, a groundbreaking, low-profile front-loading shuffler that shuffles four to eight decks continuously and features a revolutionary high-speed flat-dealing shoe and sophisticated card recognition using two cameras.
• Shufflink, a pioneering innovation that for the first time links shufflers, chip sorters, and i-Shoe dealing shoes to the casino-management system to provide real-time data and reporting on table performance, player ratings, and important metrics—without dealer input, interaction or any manual data collection.
Scientific Games’ technology, games, and services are chosen by lotteries in more than 50 countries around the world, and AGE attendees will experience the latest retail technology. On display at AGE are the following lottery innovations:
WAVE is Scientific Games’ high-performance, flagship lottery terminal that’s ergonomically designed for ease of use and speed of service, ultimately making it more efficient to sell and purchase lottery games. Flair is Scientific Games’ smallest full-function all-in-one terminal, designed to minimize required space at retail check-out counters and maximize valuable selling space for other products.
For lottery sales outside the traditional retail store, the WT8600 mobile hand-held terminal enables mobile sales. With a real-time data connection to the host system, the WT8600 fully supports instant and draw games sales, validations and ticket management just like in-store terminals.
The company’s wireless ticket checker provides a fast, easy method for players to check tickets on their own, without involving a retailer clerk. The compact design and wireless connectivity makes it simple to install in minimal retail space.
Finally, the award-winning PlayCentral HD lottery game dispenser for instant, draw, and monitor games features an unparalleled self-service experience. PlayCentral HD features a 106.7-centimeter full HD touch-screen display that combines rich, vibrant graphics with an intuitive user interface to actively engage players.
