Inside Asian Gaming

INSIDE ASIAN GAMING | January 2012 18 I nspired Gaming Group has sold more than 1,000 of its electronic Multi-Win Roulette Sabre terminals during 2011, the company said in a release ahead of the ICE Totally Gaming 2012 show in London. In Asia, Inspired Gaming won orders from Macau-based Sanum Investments, a partner in the Savan Vegas gaming resort in Laos, and also from Silver Heritage Limited, an operator and manager of slot venues across East and Southeast Asia. Savan Vegas, which has 90 gaming tables and 450 machines, is described as Laos’ first five-star resort and entertainment complex. It is 280 miles southeast of the capital Vientiane and has road and rail links to Thailand, from where many of its customers come. Inspired also sold Sabre terminals to Genting Casinos—a United Kingdom-based casino operation spun off from Genting Singapore last year—and to Gala Casinos in the UK. Sabre recently gained official certification from Gaming Laboratories International (GLI). Inspired says the Sabre Multi-Win Roulette will be a key feature on its stand at ICE this month, with a range of new cabinet finishes. The company describes Sabre Multi- Win Roulette as the “sharpest and fastest electronic roulette available”, because of its HD Gaming™ graphics, 26-inch primary ‘Panoramic Bet’screen and the ability to play on four wheels simultaneously—including live wheels. “We have been confident of Sabre’s success because of the detailed market research that went into its development,” says Lee Gregory, the company’s Managing Director for Casino and Bingo. “Successful trials, income uplift and significant demand from operators have signalled a successful launch year for Sabre. In 2012, we look forward especially to capitalising on the product’s recent GLI certification and taking the product into new markets,” he added. At the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas in October, Inspired Gaming announced a major US distribution deal for Sabre with DigiDeal and TCS JOHNHUXLEY. Inspired Gaming Group (Inspired/INGG) describes itself as the leading supplier worldwide of server-based gaming (SBG) systems and games to a range of land-based gaming markets, including casinos, video lottery terminal halls, bingo halls and sports betting operations. Inspired says it is the leading gaming machine operator in the United Kingdom for the gaming and leisure markets. It also provides its unique Open SBG CORE™ software systems, terminals and Virtual Sports products in over 30 other countries. It is one of the three leading VLT suppliers to Italian casinos and betting shops. Its virtual sports products are the leading online and land-based games in their category worldwide. The Group operates approximately 50,000 machines on a participation basis. More than 35,000 of them are on the Inspired Open SBG CORE™ platform. The Group’s customer base includes regulated operators of casinos, licensed betting offices, gaming halls, bingo halls and regulated online sports books and casinos. Key customers include major regulated gaming companies such as Italy’s Sisal and B Plus, William Hill, Gala Coral Group, Betfred, Ladbrokes, Genting, Paddy Power, Spain’s Codere, Sky Vegas, PartyGaming, Fortuna of the Netherlands, bet365 and Caliente. Inspired was acquired and refinanced last year by leading London investment firm Vitruvian Partners, the largest new private equity fund in Europe. Inspired is currently focused on the expansion of its server based gaming technologies into new international markets. At ICE 2012 in London, Inspired Gaming is at Stand #4075 The Wheel Deal Inspired Gaming’s Multi-Win Roulette Sabre wins major international sales orders Inspired Gaming’s Multi-Win Roulette Sabre Spin to win—Sabre’s roulette game offers simultaneous four-wheel play Versatile—Sabre offers multiple content thanks to server-based technology Inspired Gaming Group