Inside Asian Gaming

February 2008 | INSIDE ASIAN GAMING 23 Vendor Profile TouchTable MultiPLAY™ Roulette Novo TouchBet™ Live-Blackjack is the first game to be offered on the new Novo Unity II game platform—a totally new gaming platform building on the flexibility, security, stability and low maintenance requirements of previous systems whilst improving stability and speed and providing new innovative features. The sheer elegance of the TouchTable MultiPLAY Roulette table could draw new players to the game in Macau. MultiPLAY Roulette is the first product to merge a traditional Roulette table and live croupier with a full-sized electronic multi-player betting surface.In place of the regular layout is a slick 56” Quad-HD LCD screen. Quad-HD technology has four times higher resolution than a standard HD (High Definition) screen, offering photo-realistic representations of the chips and layout. TouchTable MultiPLAY Roulette allows players to enjoy the game of roulette in an authentic way, but adds all the benefits of electronic betting. All chip handling, calculation of winnings and payouts are fully automated by the system.This delivers total game security, reduces costs and substantially increases the number of games played per hour. Dr Sjöberg says that while a regular roulette table averages about 35 spins her hour, a TouchTable MultiPLAY Roulette table averages about 70. A new technology featured on TouchTable MultiPLAY Roulette is the patent-pending Touch ID, which, unlike any other touch screen betting interface, can identify each individual player and their betting activity. Each of the 7 player positions displays a personalizedtouchmenu.Themenuaccesses game features such as favourite bets, repeat bets, neighbour bets and future revenue generating features such as side bets and progressives. It also gives players the ability to highlight across the layout each and every bet placed per game. To maximise efficiency and improve profits TouchTable MultiPLAY Roulette is available as single, double or triple table format. All can operate with just a single live wheel and croupier but can accommodate up to 21 players per table. Making it even more attractive, the system can be used to feed other roulette terminal games such as Novo Touchbet™ Live-Roulette—offering greater efficiencies to a larger audience. Swinging into Singapore TCS JOHNHUXLEY plans to open a Singapore office in the secondquarter of this year. In addition to serving Singapore-based leading casino-cruise operator Star Cruises and the two sprawling casino-centred integrated resorts currently being built in the city-state (one by Las Vegas Sands Corp, the other by Malaysia’s Genting Group), the TCS JOHNHUXLEY Singapore office will also serve the company’s Malaysian customers. Dr Sjöberg also has high hopes that Bintan in Indonesia will soon legalize casino gaming, and business there could also be handled by the Singapore office.The office would also take the company closer to its customers in Cambodia and Myanmar. Touch ID technology in action on MultiPLAY Roulette