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Pandemic upped casino op focus on ETGs: Interblock CEO

Oct 23, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Trends & Tech

The Covid-19 pandemic has heightened casino-operator interest in deploying electronic table games (ETGs) on gaming floors, says John Connelly (pictured), global chief executive of Interblock DD, a...

Sport bets a way into online tech for land casinos: IGT exec

Oct 22, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Trends & Tech

An upturn in sports betting – including online as a result of the disruption to casinos caused by the Covid-19 pandemic – could be a “springboard” for greater adoption by casino regulators,...

IGT launches three-display PeakSlant32 slot cabinet

Oct 21, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Trends & Tech

International Game Technology Plc has launched the PeakSlant32, described as the company’s first casino slot machine cabinet in the North America market to have three, 32-inch displays....

Sci Games reveals Kascada cabinet and ‘Coin Combo’ game

Oct 20, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Trends & Tech

Scientific Games Corp is to launch what it describes as its first “truly international” slot machine cabinet, called Kascada. The product will be available first in North America, said a Monday...

IGT says cashless tech helps improve casino ops

Oct 15, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Trends & Tech

Casino equipment and lottery services provider International Game Technology Plc (IGT) says some of the firm’s cashless technology has been installed at Resorts World Catskills in upstate New...

Okada Manila not fully open but robots sourced for cleaning

Sep 16, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Philippines, Top of the deck, Trends & Tech

Philippine casino resort Okada Manila confirmed in an online message updated on Monday that its venue was not, as of that day, “fully” reopened. But it said it already had on site robot cleaning...

IGSA in 2020 update on Covid-19 safety work, new standards

Sep 10, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Trends & Tech

The International Gaming Standards Association (IGSA), a specialist technical advisor regarding electronic gaming machine technology and digital infrastructure for the casino and betting industries,...

Konami launches slot cleaning system linked to Synkros

Sep 02, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Trends & Tech

Konami Gaming Inc, a United States-based unit of Japanese gaming and entertainment conglomerate Konami Holdings Corp, says its Synkros casino management system has incorporated new features in the...

TCS announces Saturn Auto Diamond Rotor roulette wheel

Aug 27, 2020 Newsdesk Latest News, Trends & Tech

Casino equipment maker TCS John Huxley Ltd says it has an updated version of its “Saturn Auto” roulette wheel. The “Saturn Auto Diamond Rotor” wheel (pictured) is said to offer a “wider...

Sega Sammy installs Volcano Link slot in Macau market

Aug 24, 2020 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Macau, Trends & Tech

Japanese gaming equipment supplier Sega Sammy Creation Inc has announced the “first installations” in Macau of its new linked-jackpot slot machine series “Volcano Link”. The firm described...