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 it will exhibit a large selection of
innovative and award-winning gaming solutions at G2E Asia in Macau,
May 22-24.
Cash Wizard (Photo: Business Wire)
“We are proud to showcase our new world-class licensed brands
and award-winning systems solutions in Asia,” said Bally
Technologies’ Vice President, Asia-Pacific and Managing Director of
Bally India Srini Raghavan. “Attendees will experience our new
compelling game content, trailblazing play mechanics, floor-wide
bonusing applications, and cloud-based custom mobile apps. These
technologies deliver an entertaining experience across the casino
floor and tremendous return-on-investment for our casino partners
across the world.”
Bally will exhibit its trailblazing gaming products in booth
#1003 at the trade show and conference held at The Venetian
Macao.
World-Class Brands
Taking center stage will be Michael Jackson King of Pop, which
features one of the most beloved and influential artists of all
time in an exciting, music-filled game on Bally’s new Pro Series™
V22/32 cabinet with the custom, Pro surround-sound chair. Offering
everything from mystery wilds bonuses and free games bonus events
and featuring hit songs Bad, Beat It, Billie Jean, Dirty Diana, and
Smooth Criminal, this game is highlighted by a U-Spin™ Platinum
Record Bonus and video clips showcasing the performer. Michael
Jackson is represented exclusively for licensing by the Bravado
International Group.
Inspired by Paramount Pictures’ 1978 American musical film about
two love-struck teens in a 1950s high school, GREASE is Bally’s
first double-play game, featuring two, 25-line games – enabling the
player to play two games at once. GREASE also fully utilizes
Bally’s iDeck™ touch-screen button deck in the “Dance Off” Free
Games feature in which players “dance” on the iDeck to win
additional free games or credits, and in the “How Cool Are You?”
bonus in which the player selects from one of four cars on the
iDeck and the car moves up the ladder; the winning character
indicates the player’s “coolness” factor and awards one of the four
progressive jackpots or credit values.
Market-Oriented Game Content
As part of Bally’s commitment to developing products designed
specifically for the Asian market, the Company will exhibit a large
number of Asian-themed titles including Sakura Festival™, Moon
Dynasty™, Rainbow Dragon™, Tiger Treasures™, and Lucky Dragon™ on
the sleek Pro™ V22/22 cabinet. Additionally, for the award-winning
Pro Curve™ cabinet, featuring the industry’s only curved LCD to
emulate spinning reels on a video slot, G2E Asia visitors will
experience the titles Beijing Treasures™ and Radiant Riches™ among
others. Furthermore, Bally will showcase Chinese versions of the
popular Break the Ice™ and Cash Wizard™ games.
Bally Technologies will also showcase the Golden Empire™ and
Jeepney Joyride™ mystery progressive links. Golden Empire and
Jeepney Joyride were developed locally for the Macau and
Philippines gaming markets respectively. These mystery links
feature themes targeted for the region and enable players to win
one of the three or four randomly triggered progressive jackpots,
depending on the operator’s configurations. Golden Empire and
Jeepney Joyride link over standalone video slot machines, allowing
jackpots to be triggered randomly during game play; no max bet is
required to win one of the progressive amounts.
“We are focusing on developing specialized market-oriented
content,” said Bally Technologies’ Managing Director of
Asia-Pacific Kurt Gissane. “We have released several games that
have all been fully translated into Chinese, and they have been a
huge success.”
Arcade-Like Play Mechanics
Another highlight of Bally’s exhibit will be the award-winning
game Fish’n for Loot™ and Total Blast™. These exciting new games
introduce Bally’s U-Shoot™ virtual-shooting gallery bonus-game play
mechanic in which the player touches the iDeck to create weapons
for “shooting” at targets on the main game screens.
Bally brings the arcade favorite SKEE-BALL® to casinos in Macau
on the Pro™ V32 cabinet. The game includes a bonus feature in which
players touch and slide to throw the SKEE-BALL®, winning “tickets”
that enable them to “Pick a Prize” on the game that reveals credit
awards.
All That Jazz™, also featured on Bally’s Pro V32 cabinet, has a
revolutionary iDeck feature called U-Play™, in which players touch
and play virtual piano keys. Players attempt to follow a melody by
playing the piano keys. Every note is converted into numbers which
populate four bonus reels. At the end of the song, the reels are
spun to reveal the base-game prize.
Powerful Floor-Wide Player Experience
Asia-Pacific casino operators will experience the innovation
with live demonstrations of iVIEW Display Manager™ (DM), an
interactive communication tool used by players and controlled by
the gaming operator. This picture-in-picture style
player-user-interface is backward compatible on any gaming device
with a touch-screen display, and provides a way for casino
operators to present self-service player-account access, marketing
messages, and secondary bonus games on the main game screen –
without interrupting play.
Another show-stopper will be Bally’s Elite Bonusing Suite™
(EBS), which, when combined with the iVIEW and iVIEW DM
player-user-interfaces, adds dramatic new levels of excitement and
anticipation to the slot-play experience. The EBS applications
deliver floor-wide, interactive promotions, second-chance-to-win
events, and the ability for players to earn valuable rewards, all
without interrupting play on the base game.
The Bally Mobile team will also be on hand to give live
demonstrations of the Company’s cloud-based custom mobile apps and
mobile websites for casino patrons and internal-facing apps for
casino employees
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, Marketing & Corporate
Communications, at 702-584-7742, or visit http://www.ballytech.com.
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This news release may contain “forward-looking” statements
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.
– BALLY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. –
Michael Jackson − ©2012 Triumph International, Inc. under
license from Bravado Merchandising. All rights reserved. GREASE −
©2012 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved. SKEE-BALL® − ©2012
SKEE-BALL®, Inc. & ® All Rights Reserved. Used Under
Authorization.
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