Scientific Games brings its “Stronger Together” theme to G2E Asia this week, indicated the strength of its acquisition last year of Bally Technologies, which brings industry-leading brands Bally, WMS and Shuffle Master under one roof. The company will occupy stand No. 473 at the Venetian Macao Convention & Exhibition Center.
“Our G2E Asia product lineup reflects our ability to offer customers a diverse portfolio of gaming technology solutions designed for the Australasian player,” said Scientific Games CEO Gavin Isaacs. “Our G2E Asia product lineup reflects our ability to offer customers a diverse portfolio of gaming technology solutions designed for the Australasian player.
“By bringing together a comprehensive suite of products, systems and services from the renowned Bally, Shuffle Master and WMS brands, Scientific Games is favorably positioned as the partner of choice for our customers and vendors in the Australasian market and around the world. We look forward to demonstrating our unmatched innovation with products and solutions that help our customers grow their operations.”
Among the highlights will be a lineup of Bally-brand games on the Equinox cabinet designed by Shuffle Master, as well as Bally’s own Pro Series platform. The company follows the success of Duo Fu Duo Cai with a new Asian-themed progressive link called Da Fu Da Gui, which means “big riches, big honors.” Da Fu Da Gui, inspired by Duo Fu Duo Cai with the dedicated Asian content and math model, offer players the anticipation of big wins with its Double Luck Jackpot feature.
Ken Jolly, vice president of Scientific Games Asia, said, “G2E Asia 2015 is a great opportunity to showcase a range of product categories, such as our premium Da Fu Da Gui—an Asian-themed, four-level progressive link that is the continuation of the successful Duo Fu Duo Cai series. Our team is excited to present our products, designed to entertain and perform like no other.”
Also highlighted on the award-winning Pro Wave will be Fine Diamonds and Striking Stars—two titles on a progressive link called Jackpot Vault—and the Action Bank titles Triple Blazing 7s On the Double and Black Gold On the Double. These games introduce the Action Bank feature that awards one of four bonuses, including a pick ‘em feature with five progressive jackpots.
Super 88 Fortunes on the Wave and Equinox cabinets is another highlighted game. This stand-alone version of the proven performer 88 Fortunes features a 5×4 reel array, 1,024 ways to win and Super Stacks.
For its Equinox cabinet, Scientific Games will unveil Flower of Riches, the latest addition to the Duo Fu Duo Cai four-level link family. The Equinox cabinet will also feature Diamond Eternity VIP, a stand-alone progressive jackpot game that joins 88 Fortunes VIP and 5 Treasures VIP. This theme features dedicated jackpots and higher denominations for players in VIP gaming rooms.
Shuffle Master table game products will include several electronic table innovations such as Tablemaster Fusion and i-Table Roulette, which combines traditional roulette with all bets and pays made electronically and an unlimited number of remote betting terminals.
Fortune 7 Baccarat will head a lineup of proprietary table games including Free Bet Blackjack with the Blazing 7s Progressive and Pot of Gold side bet, Ultimate Texas Hold ‘em, DJ Wild Poker and Three Card Poker. Fortune 7 Baccarat is a commission-free baccarat game featuring two optional side bets.
The Safe-Bacc system, a new product that combines a shuffler and card reading shoe into one device to increase game speed and improve security on baccarat tables, will be a highlight of the Utilities segment. Also on display will be the next-generation i-Deal Plus with improved card reading and reliability, a front-mounted display, on-board printer and safety card option; the one2six Plus continuous shuffler for multi-deck games; the ChipStar roulette chip sorter; and, the i-Score Plus baccarat viewer.
The Bally Tournaments Express, a stand-alone tournament system designed to offer exciting slot tournaments on more than 100 different cabinet types from various manufacturers, also will be featured at the show. Tournaments Express allows operators to easily and quickly convert revenue-producing games to tournament games and back.
The award-winning Elite Bonusing Suite, combined with iVIEW Display Manger, will be on display with features like U-Spin Bonusing, DM Tournaments and Virtual Racing.
From the WMS brand, highlights will include the Life of Luxury Progressive multi-game. Bringing back a classic WMS game in multi-game format, Life of Luxury Progressive features five games that combine classic, current and new WMS content.
In addition, the next-generation upright WMS Blade cabinet from Scientific Games will round out the cabinet offerings with superior graphics and heightened player engagement enabled by the powerful CPU-NXT3 operating platform.
