Bally Technologies’ Systems Solutions to Power ‘World’s Largest Slot Tournament’ Record Attempt at Mohegan Sun April 27
April 23 2013 - 9:00AM
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 innovative and award-winning iVIEW Display
Manager™ (DM) with Elite Bonusing Suite™ (EBS) will power the quest
for a pair of GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® achievements at Mohegan Sun
in Uncasville, Conn., Saturday, April 27.
Bally and Mohegan Sun have partnered to pursue world records for
“Largest Slot Tournament” and the “Most Slot Machines Running the
Same Game Simultaneously.” More than 5,000 people are estimated to
participate in the event.
The tournament will include two heats -- 9 a.m. and 10
a.m. − throughout Mohegan Sun’s three casinos: Casino of the Earth,
Casino of the Sky, and Casino of the Wind. Prizes will be awarded
to the top 200 winners with $100,000 up for grabs and the
first-place winner walking away with $50,000 cash. Guests can
register that morning beginning at 7 a.m. in The Wolf Den club
located in Mohegan Sun’s Casino of the Earth.
“This is another huge moment for Bally Technologies,” said
President and Chief Executive Officer Ramesh Srinivasan. “The
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS events showcase our ability to deliver a
tremendous return-on-investment to our casino partners. Similar EBS
events have been proven to increase coin-in, time on device, carded
play, and new player’s card signups. Working with a world-class
casino like Mohegan Sun only further displays the power of iVIEW DM
with EBS to create electrifying levels of anticipation and
excitement across the casino floor and drive thousands of people to
the casino resort.”
With Bally’s iVIEW DM and DM Tournaments, any machine with the
technology installed, anywhere on the floor, can be turned into a
tournament game 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
attempt at Mohegan Sun, more than 3,000 games will be switched from
normal playing mode to tournament mode and back within moments.
“This is going to be a great day for our property,” said Mohegan
Sun President and Chief Executive Officer Bobby Soper. “We are
thrilled to be working with Bally Technologies to provide our
valued guests a one-of-a-kind event that will certainly bring a
tremendous amount of entertainment to our players and excitement to
the casino.”
Representatives from GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS will be at Mohegan
Sun to validate the records.
Bally and Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, Calif.
previously set these records when 2,885 players competed in a slot
tournament at the Southern California property in February
2012.
About Mohegan Sun
Mohegan Sun, owned by the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, is
one of the largest, most spectacular entertainment, gaming, dining
and shopping destinations in the United States. Situated on 185
acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut,
Mohegan Sun is home to three unique casinos, a 34-story, 1,200 room
luxury hotel, a world-class spa and golf course, over 75 shops,
restaurants and bars as well as three award-winning entertainment
venues including a 10,000-seat Arena. Mohegan Sun is within easy
access of New York, Boston, Hartford and Providence and located 15
minutes from the museums, antique shops and waterfront of Mystic
Country. More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or
visiting mohegansun.com. Connect with us on Facebook, follow us on
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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.
Connect with Bally on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and
Pinterest.
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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
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of today’s date.
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©2013 Guinness World Records Limited.
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