Inside Asian Gaming

INSIDE ASIAN GAMING | September 2011 58 Asian Gaming 50 – 2011 About the Associate Sponsors Aristocrat has over 50 years of industry experience and over 2000 staff globally. Aristocrat has built on its Australian market leadership and reputation to become a premium supplier of ground-breaking technologies and services to the international gaming industry. Aristocrat enjoys a well-earned reputation for outstanding performance and strong brand equity in more than 200 jurisdictions around the world. The diverse product line-up extends from electronic gaming machines to complete gaming solutions, including systems, services, electronic tables, and ancillary equipment. Aristocrat aims to be the leading provider of gaming solutions through application of imagination, focus and creativity. www.aristocratgaming.com ATRONIC Group is dedicated to producing the highest quality of entertaining casino games, dynamic management systems, and linked gaming solutions in 99 countries worldwide. ATRONIC is 100% owned by Lottomatica Group, a market leader in the Italian gaming industry, one of the largest lottery operators in the world based on total wagers, and a leading provider of lottery and gaming technology solutions worldwide. www.atronic.com Paltronics is a leading provider of system solutions for the casino gaming Industry, and known for its advanced technology. Paltronics has been first to market with many innovative products—from premium quality digital signage and slot bonusing technology to slot progressives and table systems—while helping venue operators create business efficiencies and attract and hold players, thereby improving operator revenues. Paltronics is a tightly-held private company. It set up operations in Macau in 2006. With worldwide installations, Paltronics is at the forefront of technology. www.paltronics.com.au Shuffle Master Asia is part of the global Shuffle Master family. Shuffle Master Asia specialises in providing its casino customers with products that improve table game profitability, productivity and security and increase the gaming entertainment options available to players. Its diverse product portfolio includes a full range of automatic card shufflers that can be used on virtually every card game, the industry’s most popular proprietary table games, side-bets and progressives, e-table platforms and traditional slot machines with content tailored to the discrete needs of the Asian market. www.shufflemaster.com TCS JOHNHUXLEY delivers profitable solutions to international casino operators through the most comprehensive and complete portfolio of products. From tables to roulette wheels, chipping machines and table displays to electronic hybrid gaming; our world famous products form the foundation of casino operations worldwide. TCS JOHNHUXLEY has strategically-based offices all over the world to provide personal service, after-sales service and technical support. www.tcsjohnhuxley.com TRANSACT Technologies Inc is a leader in developing and manufacturing market-specific printers for transaction-based industries. These include the casino, gaming, lottery, banking, kiosk and point-of-sale industries. TRANSACT distributes its printers through original equipment manufacturers, value-added resellers, selected distributors, and also direct to end-users. TRANSACT’s award-winning Epic 950® TITO printer is the clear choice for casino operators who demand the highest performance and technological advancements on their casino floors. www.transact-tech.com Core Ranking Methodology An initial shortlist of 80 individuals was put through a scoring process to arrive at the final rankings. The panellists gave each of the nominated individuals a score of between 1 and 10 on the following criteria: 1. How well known is the individual within the gaming sector in Asia? 2. How successful has the individual been historically in the gaming sector? 3. How fast has their business grown over the last 5 years? 4. What is their potential for future growth in their current gaming sub-sector and other gaming sub-sectors in Asia? 5. How successful are they financially (individually and/or company, or individual together with company, where relevant)? 6. How influential are they with the government and regulators within their jurisdictions of operations? 7. How influential are they internationally within the gaming industry (individually and/or company, or individual together with company, where relevant)? 8. How much of an innovator are they within the gaming industry? 9. How well are their products and/or services marketed and promoted? 10. How much do they own of their principal business and/or how much control do they have over their company? 11. How well positioned are they to cope with competition within their existing jurisdictions of operation and from overseas competition? 12. How do you perceive their dominance/position in their current major markets of operation? Feedback from the panellists led to each question being given a specific weighting—between 90% and 115%. Further weightings were applied relating to the company the nominated individual either works for or controls. These include the company’s status (public or private), financial performance and size (in terms of both operations and market capitalisation/value), as well as the size/importance of the markets it operates in. Finally, panellists applied a further weighting for each nominated individual with respect to his or her perceived personal integrity, effectiveness in management, overall track record and foresight.