Inside Asian Gaming

Advantage® suite of products. As such, the technology is an ideal complement to our current offering, allowing us to immediately increase our system install base, while providing us with an alternative product offering and future sales opportunities,” says Mr Gomes. At G2E Asia 2009, IGT Network Systems will present the Advantage® 8.2 casino management suite, as well as the single or multi- property Casinolink® Enterprise Edition showing EZ Pay® ticketing and a cashless card system, now also with the renowned sb NexGen™ as a player interface display option. Thecompanysaysitsdevelopment of technologies providing a new and improved interface between the player, the game and the casino operator is a part of its constant search for extra value. sbX™ These technologies include what IGT describes as its ‘player experience suite’, sbX™. Part of the company’s demonstration area at G2E Asia 2009 will be devoted to showing off the sbX range, including sbX Floor Manager, sbX Media Manager (with service window), and a number of sbX prototypes. To round off the display, IGT will unveil the innovative Beverage on Demand feature from Las Vegas Gaming, Inc., as a demonstration of the commercial benefits of the open architecture standards used for sbX. The sbX system is also integrated with the IGT Advantage™ casino management system and is in the process of being integrated with the latest version of Casinolink® Enterprise Edition, the suite of gaming management system products originally developed by PGI. RFID To complete its systems portfolio display at G2E Asia, IGT will be presenting an RFID (radio frequency identification) dual chip tray and showing how this technology can streamline inventory management at the table—one of many applications of RFID technology—including cage and bonusing products—within IGT Networks Systems. International Game Technology: Booth #700 G2E Asia 2009, Cotai Strip® CotaiExpo™, The Venetian Macao 3rd-4th June. The REELdepth Magic Butterfly cabinet