SHFL entertainment to Present "A Better Game" at 2013 International
Casino Exhibition
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SHFL entertainment,
Inc. (NASDAQ Global Select Market: SHFL) ("SHFL" or the "Company")
will show how its iGaming offerings and other product lines offer
"A Better Game" during the 2013 International Casino Exhibition
("ICE") at the ExCel London International Exhibition &
Convention Centre, February 5-7,
2013. Product demonstrations will be available at stand
#S6-340.
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"ICE provides us with an excellent opportunity to highlight our
most cutting-edge solutions to meet our European customers' needs,"
said Gavin Isaacs, Chief Executive
Officer for SHFL. "Over half of our business is in the
international marketplace, and our European customers are important
constituents of our business. With our recently established
Gibraltar and Alderney operations,
we are also delighted to demonstrate our suite of iGaming products
for the European online marketplace."
SHFL's exhibit will feature products from each of its five
product categories – iGaming, utilities, proprietary table games,
electronic table systems, and slot machines – and will emphasize
how it provides…
…A Better iGaming Experience
SHFL will feature its suite of specialty table games available
for online play, which includes Three Card
Poker, Ultimate Texas Hold'em,
Casino War, Fortune Pai Gow
Poker, Mississippi Stud,
Let It Ride, Four Card
Poker, Crazy 4 Poker, Raise It
Up, Six Card Poker and blackjack with
Bet the Set, Royal Match,
and King's Bounty side bets. Using thin-client,
elastic cloud technology, SHFL's state-of-the-art online platform
and its iGaming products are designed to fit seamlessly into a
variety of online operations.
The Company will highlight the advanced capabilities of its
HTML5-based mobile games, spotlighting the high quality and
compelling nature of the game content.
SHFL will also proudly introduce its first game for the social
casino, Mississippi Stud, at ICE. SHFL's social
casino games are designed to enhance an operator's free-to-play
ecosystem by promoting synergies between the land-based and online
environments, such as encouraging new user sign-ups and integrating
casino rewards points.
…Better Security and Efficiency through Enhanced Utility
Offerings
SHFL will unveil its new ChipStar roulette
chip-sorting machine at ICE. The Company's newest utility
innovation will feature the latest technology to deliver an
exceptionally smooth, efficient, and accurate chip sorting
process.
Debuting at the 2012 Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in October, the
DeckMate 2 card shuffler will be a highlighted
utility product for SHFL at ICE. This state-of-the-art poker
shuffler offers significant performance and security improvements
over its predecessor, the DeckMate, which has been a
staple in the poker market for over 10 years. The DeckMate
2 boasts a shuffle time of 22 seconds, which is twice as
fast as the original, and increases game security and integrity
through built-in optical card recognition. Both wear on cards and
the need for frequent shuffler maintenance are reduced due to an
innovative new shuffling method. Other exciting features include an
on-board timer, which allows operators to call the "clock", and a
remote touchscreen display with an intuitive user interface for
card verification.
Other utility offerings highlighted at the show include the
MD3 baccarat and blackjack shuffler; the
one2six single and multi-deck continuous
shuffler; the i-Deal shuffler for single-deck
specialty games; the i-Shoe Auto
optical card-reading shoe for baccarat and blackjack; the 24"
double-sided LCD i-Score baccarat
viewer; the i-Verify LCD touch-screen
for "house way" games; the Deck Checker card
verification system; and the Easy Chipper D chip
sorter.
…Better Specialty Games and Progressive
Technology
Global Gaming Business voted SHFL's new House Money side bet as
the "Best Table Game Product" in 2012. In House Money
side bet for blackjack, the player's first two cards must be a
straight, pair, straight flush, or Ace-King suited to win the bet,
but the winning doesn't necessarily stop there. All or part of the
player's side bet winnings may be added to their standard wager and
play continues like a traditional game of blackjack. House
Money has been described as an ordinary side bet with an
intriguing twist, which provides players with a new level of
excitement and operators with a higher hold percentage. The
House Money side bet is also available for
baccarat.
The Company will debut a progressive version of Big Raise
Stud Poker, a five-card poker game where the player's three
cards are combined with two community cards to make a five-card
poker hand and a player can win with a pair of 6s or better. A 3
Card Bonus side bet wager is featured with the game and wins if
the player's three cards make a pair or better, regardless of the
player choosing to play or fold.
Other progressive titles that will be shown at ICE include:
Mississippi Stud, Ultimate Texas
Hold'em, and Crazy 4 Poker. All progressives
will be running on SHFL's next generation Nexus
Command progressive hardware, which combines an intuitive
dealer interface with electronic chip sensors embedded in the table
to allow players to place an optional jackpot wager to potentially
win fixed prizes or a continuously incrementing progressive
jackpot. The Nexus Command hardware is compatible
with the Company's Operator Wide Area Progressive
("OWAP") technology, which provides casino operators with
the ability to offer linked progressive jackpots across multiple
properties, leading to faster incrementing and more frequent
jackpots, while delivering even more excitement to the tables.
Better Technology with e-Table Innovations
The Company will display Rapid Fusion from its
Rapid line, which combines a live dealer with a
touchscreen betting interface, resulting in enhanced game security
and increased productivity for casino operators. Rapid
Fusion allows for concurrent play of four games at the same
time (e.g. two baccarat, one sic bo, one roulette or three
roulette, one baccarat). The user-friendly, 22" widescreen
interface features tabs, which show table status, countdown,
wagers, and results from each game, and allow for fast switching
between games.
i-Table Roulette andi-Table
Blackjack will also be on display at ICE, which are both
now available with additional language options.
…Better Slot Content
SHFL will have 7 slot titles on display this year, further
showcasing its deep portfolio of content and highlighting its
growing success in the international marketplace.
Debuting at the Australasian Gaming Expo in August 2012 and given its strong reception at G2E
2012, The Flintstones™ will be prominently displayed
at ICE. This three-level, low-denomination standalone progressive
features a suite of exciting base games and attractive jackpot
prizes along with the exciting "mini-reel" feature trigger.
SHFL's slot machine lineup will also feature: 88 Fortunes,
5 Treasures, Tiger Power, Chomp, Cape Fortune, and
Oink. All of the titles offer unique features like
new mathematical models, new jackpot triggers, and new themes.
THE FLINTSTONES and all related characters and elements are
trademarks of and © Hanna-Barbera.
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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'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 and 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 anticipation that all of our
products and game titles will be accepted in all of our markets,
will be commercially successful and will be received and in-demand
by casinos and their customers; our strategy and ability for
innovation and exploitation of our technology, brands, and
intellectual property across all of our product lines, including
our iGaming content;; our expectation that our products will
perform as they are designed to do and to and will meet our
profitability, performance and innovation expectations; our belief
that the requirements of our privileged licenses will not be
changed, altered or revoked in a manner that would impact our
ability to conduct our business or market our products as currently
conducted or as we anticipate doing so. 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: unexpected changes in the market and
economic conditions and reduced demand for or increased competition
with SHFL's products; our unanticipated inability to accomplish our
innovation objectives or our inability to accurately gauge the
commercial appeal of our products; increased infringement on SHFL's
intellectual property or proprietary brands; unanticipated changes
in the laws, rules or regulations governing gaming and iGaming and
the regulation of gaming in all markets.