LAS VEGAS, Oct. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SHFL entertainment,
Inc. (NASDAQ Global Select Market: SHFL) ("SHFL" or the "Company")
today announced its agreement with mobile and social technology
company Joingo, to offer digital versions of the Company's popular
casino table games to SHFL's B2B casino operators via the
Joingo Game Network.
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"We are excited about working with Joingo," said Gavin Isaacs, CEO of SHFL . "Their reputation
for being innovators in mobile engagement is one of the reasons why
we chose their platform as a method to deploy our games to our
casino customers around the world."
SHFL's customers looking to engage their players with the
Company's popular casino games can now do so with a branded mobile
application deployed by Joingo.
"SHFL is one of the most important and recognized brands
in the casino gaming industry and produces some of the highest
quality game content," said Steve
Boyle, CEO of Joingo. "We're thrilled to be working with
SHFL to bring their game titles to casino operators within their
branded mobile experience. The number of mobile devices in
the hands of casino customers today surpasses the number of
desktops. This trend is accelerating, making mobile the
dominant force in patron engagement."
Together, Joingo and SHFL will enable casino operators to offer
their players an authentic Las Vegas-style gaming experience from
within their branded mobile app, enjoying integrated casino games
such as Three Card Poker, Ultimate Texas Hold'em, Fortune Pai
Gow Poker, and Casino War with more titles on the
way.
About SHFL entertainment, Inc.
SHFL entertainment, Inc. is a leading global gaming
supplier committed to making gaming more fun for players and more
profitable for operators through product innovation, and superior
quality and service. The Company operates in legalized gaming
markets across the globe and provides state-of-the-art, value-add
products in five distinct categories: Utility products, which
include automatic card shufflers and roulette chip sorters;
Proprietary Table Games, which includes live games, side bets and
progressives; Electronic Table Systems, which include various
e-Table game platforms; Electronic Gaming Machines, which include
video slot machines; and newly introduced iGaming, which features
online versions of SHFL entertainment's table games, social gaming,
and mobile applications. The Company is included in the S&P
Smallcap 600 Index. Information about the Company and its products
can be found on the Internet at www.shfl.com, or on Facebook,
Twitter and YouTube.
About Joingo®
Joingo is a mobile and social technology company based
in San Jose, CA with offices in
Nevada. Joingo's Mobile Loyalty
System integrates as the central hub connecting CRM systems with
robust mobile marketing application services, extending the
customer brand and leveraging it into increased revenue. For more
information about Joingo visit www.joingo.com, on Facebook or
Twitter.
Forward Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements within
the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. All statements included in this release other
than statements that are purely historical are forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements in this press release
include, without limitation: our expectation that our digital
products will perform as they are designed to do and to and will
meet the profitability, performance and innovation expectations;
our anticipation that all of our mobile products and game titles
will be accepted in all of our markets, will be commercially
successful or will be in-demand by our B2B casino customers and
their players; and our strategy and ability for innovation and
exploitation of our brands and intellectual property across all of
our product lines, including our interactive content.. Our beliefs,
expectations, forecasts, objectives, anticipations, intentions and
strategies regarding the future, including without limitation those
concerning expected operating results, revenues and earnings are
not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from results contemplated by the forward-looking statements,
including but not limited to: our unanticipated inability to
accomplish our innovation objectives or our inability to accurately
gauge the commercial appeal of our mobile products; unexpected
changes in the market and economic conditions and reduced demand
for or increased competition with SHFL's products; increased
infringement on SHFL's intellectual property or proprietary brands;
unanticipated changes in the laws, rules or regulations governing
iGaming.
Fortune Pai Gow Poker, Three Card Poker, Ultimate Texas
Hold'em and Casino War are marks owned by SHFL
entertainment, Inc. (or one of its wholly-owned companies) in
the United States and/or
elsewhere.
SOURCE SHFL Entertainment Incorporated