Bally previews new slot and systems products at EMPOWER Systems User Conference 2014

Bally Technologies outlined its plans for this year’s system, table game and slot machine introductions at its EMPOWER Systems User Conference 2014 held this past week at Mohegan Sun Casino Resort in Connecticut.

On the systems side, Bally will offer enhanced, back-end capabilities to its progressive platforms to permit for better target marketing. The corporate may even introduce PokerView, a turnkey solution designed to deal with card room and poker tournament management.

Bally also previewed its Take n’ Play system, which permits a slot customer to play a favourite slot machine remotely through an iPad from anywhere throughout the casino facility. While playing the sport from the iPad, the slot that houses the true game goes gray to let customers comprehend it is in remote use, but still show reel spins, jackpots and a few of the other bells and whistles related to live use.

“Take n’ Play offers the versatility to have interaction the player anywhere at the casino floor,” said Tom Doyle, vp product management for Bally Technologies. “With the iPad, they are able to walk clear of the machine and play remotely while the meter and other at the slot machine continue to run.”

Bally may even introduce plenty of enhancements to its SHFL entertainment line of table games products and systems, akin to ShuffleFlex, a brand new pricing program for its card shufflers. Essentially, rather than buying shufflers outright, operators may be allowed to lease the devices and be charged a fee whenever the product is used during table game play. Bally may even produce SafeBacc, a mixture shuffle and show to make baccarat play more efficient and safer.

The company could also be engaged on Infinilink, a system so one can create a single progressive jackpot link for all table games throughout a facility. “Mohegan Sun has something like 43 different progressive jackpot links for its table games; casinos and players would should want to link to a single common jackpot,” said Roger Snow, senior vice chairman of table game products for Bally Technologies. “The Infinilink solution will match up the various systems to a single, larger progressive jackpot.”

Bally plans for slot development in 2014 include the introduction of Wonder Woman, a for-sale video slot according to the enduring 1970s television series. “We have two games we're bringing out so that you can create a pleasing bank experience,” said Jean Venneman, vice chairman of product management for Bally Technologies. “I am really occupied with how this game has come together.”

The company can also be releasing Duck Dynasty, an authorized slot game so that it will feature elements from the preferred cable television series of the similar name. 

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