Bally Technologies Installs Industry-Leading Systems Solutions at Three Peermont Casinos in Republic of Botswana
November 05 2012 - 9:01AM
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 the implementation of its sophisticated systems
solutions at three Peermont Global Pty. Ltd. casinos in
Botswana.
Bally Technologies' President and Chief
Operating Officer Ramesh Srinivasan (Photo: Business Wire)
The three systems implementations at Peermont’s The Grand Palm,
Sedibeng, and Syringa casinos in Botswana follow Bally’s previously
announced enterprise-wide systems contract partnership with the
Peermont Group to replace competitors’ systems at 10 casinos in
Botswana and South Africa.
“We are excited with the journey we are about to embark on with
Bally systems solutions and the many new benefits they will provide
our operations,” said Peermont’s Billy Gray, Group Gaming Slots
Executive. “The new functionality will not only provide significant
operating efficiencies, but will give us better and more ways to
reward, retain, and communicate with our customers.”
Gray added, “It is refreshing to see a better customer-service
experience in our operations, and we’re very excited to continue to
leverage this platform to gain differentiated advantages from our
competitors. The installation process in Botswana went well, and
Bally and Peermont are working smartly together to ensure a
seamless roll-out in the South African casinos in the months to
follow.”
The Botswana systems installations are Bally’s first in the
southern African region and provide the sophisticated casino
operator with Bally’s first-ever powerful combination of cashless
and cage functionality in the region that is delivering significant
cost savings and operating efficiencies. Peermont is also the first
casino in southern Africa to use Bally’s TableView™ real-time
table-management solution to automate the rating process, track
table-game play, and reward table-game players. The use of Bally’s
next-generation solutions provides Peermont’s operations with the
ability to do slot-based progressives across all game manufacturers
and provide players at Peermont’s Botswana operations with such
features as auto top-up play, which was not previously available
across all game manufacturers.
“It is an honor to have been selected by one of Africa’s leading
gaming operators to provide our systems solutions for their growing
enterprise,” said Ramesh Srinivasan, Bally Technologies’ President
and Chief Operating Officer. “We are pleased about how smoothly the
implementations have gone in Botswana, and are excited to see our
solutions implemented across the Peermont enterprise, adding value
and streamlining tasks and processes at Peermont’s well-run
operations.”
Under the enterprise-wide agreement, Bally Technologies is
providing Peermont with a host of leading systems solutions
including the SDS™ slot-accounting system for Windows®; CMP™ for
player tracking; the Elite Bonusing Suite™’s Power Winners™;
TableView™ real-time table-management solution; iVIEW Display
Manager™ (DM) player-user-interface displays; Bally Business
Intelligence™ for group-wide analytics and campaign management; the
CoolSign® media-management tool; and a cashless mag-stripe solution
through SDS.
About Peermont
The Peermont Group holds seven casino licenses in South Africa
and three in neighboring Botswana. They operate a total of 14
properties − both gaming and non-gaming − nine in South Africa and
five in neighboring Botswana. Collectively, these 14 properties
offer 3,251 slot machines, 148 gaming tables, and 1,631 hotel
rooms. The Company’s flagship property is Emperors Palace Hotel
Casino Convention and Entertainment Resort, which is strategically
located adjacent to O.R. Tambo International Airport in
Johannesburg. In addition to Emperors Palace, the company’s
property portfolio includes six other casino resorts, three
stand-alone casinos, and four stand-alone hotels. For more
information, please visit http://www.peermont.com
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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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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