Bally Technologies’ iVIEW Display Manager™ (DM) with Elite Bonusing Suite™ Powers The World’s Largest Slot Tournament
February 16 2012 - 9:02AM
Business Wire
Bally Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BYI), a leader in slots, video
machines, casino-management, interactive applications, and
networked and server-based systems for the global gaming industry,
today announced that its innovative and award-winning iVIEW Display
Manager (DM) with Elite Bonusing Suite powered The World’s Largest
Slot Machine Tournament at Pechanga Resort & Casino in
Temecula, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 11.
The World's Largest Slot Machine
Tournament at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, Calif., on
Saturday, Feb. 11. (Photo: Business Wire)
Bally Technologies also earned a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS
achievement for most slot machines running the same game
simultaneously at the same venue. During the duration of the
tournament, all participants played Bally’s Hot Shot® Blazing 7s™
as part of DM Tournaments™.
The record-setting event, enabled by Bally’s trailblazing
technology, and certified by Guinness World Records,
featured more than 1,100 players simultaneously competing in a
tournament in one location on slot cabinets made by five different
slot-machine manufacturers.
Over three rounds, 2,885 Pechanga patrons competed throughout
the casino floor for their share of more than $100,000 in prizes in
the free tournament.
“This is a great example of how server-based technology can
create contagious excitement on games from multiple manufacturers
and take one of the most popular special events for real players to
a whole new level,” said Bally Technologies Senior Vice President
of Strategy and Customer Consulting Bruce Rowe.
With Bally’s iVIEW DM and DM Tournaments, any machine with the
technology installed, anywhere on the floor, can be turned into a
tournament slot and then turned back to normal game play mode right
afterwards. The technology enables casino operators to remove
under-performing games from the floor, rather than retaining them
just for tournaments. During The World’s Largest Slot Tournament,
Pechanga switched more than 1,000 games from normal playing mode to
tournament and back within a few minutes.
Bally’s CoolSign® media-management system enabled patrons to
view the tournament leader board information on digital monitors
and display screens throughout the property.
“Generally, the period between Chinese New Year and the Super
Bowl, and President's Day is pretty slow in the casino world,” said
Pechanga Vice President of Slot Operations Buddy Frank. “This year,
in addition to setting two world records, Pechanga scored some of
its best revenues ever.”
Added Frank: “I think the real difference between this event and
a ‘normal’ slot tournament was that once it was over -- with the
guests still pumped up from the competition -- all 1,200 of the
tournament machines automatically converted back to standard play
in less than 15 minutes. I've dreamed of this for years!”
Pechanga has more than 1,100 machines that utilize Bally
Technologies’ iVIEW DM and Elite Bonusing Suite, which enables
powerful, casino-wide promotions, including tournaments, to be run
with all players competing against each other. For the past year,
the casino has delivered other promotions enabled by Bally’s
technology, including free DM Tournaments with hundreds of players
and a virtual horse racing-event, the Pechanga Classic, a Virtual
Racing™ promotional event where each player chooses a horse to bet
on and watches the race unfold on the in-game screen.
About Bally Technologies,
Inc.
With a history dating back to 1932, Las Vegas-based Bally
Technologies designs, manufactures, operates, and distributes
advanced gaming devices, systems and technology solutions
worldwide. Bally’s product line includes reel-spinning slot
machines, video slots, wide-area progressives, interactive and
mobile applications, and Class II, lottery, and
central-determination games and platforms. Bally also offers an
array of casino management, slot accounting, bonusing, cashless and
table management solutions. For more information, please contact
Laura Olson-Reyes, Senior Director, Corporate Marketing &
Communications, at 702-584-7742, or visit http://www.ballytech.com.
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within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
is subject to the safe harbor created thereby. Such information
involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly
affect the results in the future and, accordingly, such results may
differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statements.
Future operating results may be adversely affected as a result of a
number of risks that are detailed from time to time in the
Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The
Company undertakes no obligation to update the information in this
press release and represents that the information is only valid as
of today’s date.
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