GGRAsia – Updates – Macao Gaming Show 2015

Macau downturn presents new opportunities: Jumbo

Nov 19, 2015 Newsdesk Latest News, Updates – Macao Gaming Show 2015

Taiwan-based Jumbo Technology Co Ltd sees a silver lining to the downturn of the Macau gaming industry as the expected shift to more mass market gambling could help the company push its products into...

Ready to rumble with Paltronics’ Infinity shaker

Nov 19, 2015 Newsdesk Updates – Macao Gaming Show 2015

Asian gamblers like ‘physical’ – as opposed to digital – random number generators such as dice, but no one likes a mechanical dice shaker when it fails, says industry technology expert Simon...

Macau mass focus good for slots, not disruptive: Ken Jolly

Nov 19, 2015 Newsdesk Updates – Macao Gaming Show 2015

The growing emphasis of Macau casino operators in the mass gaming market presents new business opportunities for suppliers of slot machines and electronic table games, says Ken Jolly (pictured), vice...

Paradise Ent boss does not expect Macau cap on EGMs

Nov 19, 2015 Newsdesk Updates – Macao Gaming Show 2015

The chairman of casino equipment maker Paradise Entertainment Ltd said he does not expect the Macau government to introduce any limit on the number of electronic gaming machines (EGMs) in the market....

Macau downturn culled 40 pct of junkets: SJM CFO

Nov 19, 2015 Newsdesk Updates – Macao Gaming Show 2015

About 40 percent of the VIP gaming promoters – commonly known as junkets – that had been licensed by the Macau government prior to the downturn in high roller gambling, are no longer active in...

Heavy govt role in Macau gaming a negative: consultant

Nov 18, 2015 Newsdesk Updates – Macao Gaming Show 2015

The strong guiding role the Macau government is taking on the development of the city’s casino industry is creating distortions in the market, warned on Wednesday Sudhir Kalé, founder of Gameplan...

GLI doubling capacity at two of its Australian offices

Nov 18, 2015 Newsdesk Updates – Macao Gaming Show 2015

Gaming testing specialist and technical consultancy firm Gaming Laboratories International LLC (GLI) says the expansion of two of its facilities in Australia – in Adelaide and Sydney – is...

Sega Sammy’s mega machines gaining traction

Nov 18, 2015 Newsdesk Updates – Macao Gaming Show 2015

Japan’s Sega Sammy Creation Inc is confident its products will soon be seen on more casino floors, following the installation of its first “mega machine” in Macau earlier this year. The company...

Weike hails tie with Casino Game Maker

Nov 18, 2015 Newsdesk Updates – Macao Gaming Show 2015

Singapore-based electronic casino games and systems specialist Weike Gaming Technology (S) Pte Ltd says its partnership with Las Vegas-based Casino Game Maker Inc – to distribute the latter’s...

Aristocrat supersizes slot platform for mass appeal

Nov 17, 2015 Newsdesk Updates – Macao Gaming Show 2015

Slot game maker Aristocrat Leisure Ltd displayed at Macao Gaming Show 2015 a supersized platform for Five Dragons – one of its most popular casino games. The 84-inch (213-centimetre) LCD monitor on...